Now isn't this fun????? Almost like a never ending story?? But not for a while since I have to do this in segments so that I can get the pictures in.... and it seems to be easier to do it this way since I am not required to write long pieces of this stuff and therefore you do not have to fall asleep reading what I so fondly try and remember is my search for the "MEANING OF LIFE or IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONSUME THAT MUCH ADULT BEVERAGE IN ONE NIGHT????
But in the mean time or maybe not really the mean time, but the good time and if it is the good time then why am I not staying warm or at the very least consuming some kind of frozen drink with an umbrella in it on the beach???? Well these are questions that may be answered at a later date but for now it was adios to the Natural Bridge and HEAD EM UP, MOVE EM OUT for Brookings.
We had left Merlin about 9am and finally arrived in Brookings about 3:45pm and rendezvoused with the rest of the people at the Harbor Inn where we were staying and who had come over the way we would go back the next day.
We got all checked in and still had some free time to wander around soooooo since I had not been in Brookings for a really looooooong time I decided to go see if some places that had been there a long time ago were still where they were when I left.
I remembered a restaurant from days of yore (I REALLY LIKE THAT WORD) that served what is arguably the best clam chowder in the world. Now I understand that can be a debatable question, but I have had CHOWDAH in quite a few FAH,FAH away places and I still say that this is the best. So with time on my hands and a need for a pre dinner treat I went looking and to my surprise the place was still there!!!! and not caught up in the never ending need to tear down and improve or rebuild!!!!!
So I went in and partook, that means I had some chowdah and even took pictures (see the pictures) of the place for future reference.
Then I proceeded to go see where my folks used to live and there was a chain link fence around the property and no house???? It had been torn down by the co-op that had bought the property from my folks. Oh well that is progress or lack there of??
Then it was back to the Harbor Inn to clean up, and go out to eat again!!!!! I cannot remember the name of the place we ate at, but the OLD PEOPLE in the funny colored shirts are all from the OLD VOLKS and FOLKS club. Kinda looks like a mass escape from a time capsule nursing home?
After supper some of the guys had searched in vain for a place to shoot off all the fireworks that had been purchased for use on the beach. It seems that since last year the rules had changed so no UNAUTHORIZED FIREWORKS were allowed and so after a meeting of the minds and a few bottles of beverages it was determined that we would shoot all the fireworks off in the motel parking lot which was a hit with all the people at the motel and also some that were not even staying there!!!! It was actually a good thing since we were able to drink and then only had to walk a few feet to our rooms.......
Unfortunately there are no pictures as it is hard for me to drink and take pictures, actually it is hard for me to drink and do anything else, but then that is a story for another time....... and so again due to picture limitations I must stop here, but do not fear as there is only one more chapter to complete this saga!!!!!
and "I'LL BE BACK"!!!
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