Day 398:Saint Joseph played host to the 'Lest We Forget' tribute to our military this weekend. The three day long event hosted a number of re-enactments which ranged from dress and drill to the D-Day storming of the beach. We opted for the beach storming.
As we watched from the pier, the allied troops sent three waves storming the beach to fight off the entrenched Germans hunkered down behind their pill boxes. The event was nicely narrated over a loud speaker system - because otherwise, most of us would have been completely lost.
The fun came with a rouge storm that surfaced over the waters. The question was,.. which would be first: the storming of the beach or the storm itself. Luckily, as the surrender began to take place on the beach, the rain began to fall. Timing is everything, after all.
We made our way back (as the rain showered down on us) to the sandy lot where the real fun began.
"Your buddy seems to be stuck again," another motorist called out his window to me as I sat in my van regrouping from a sand dig. If there were an olympic event for digging a van out of a sand trap,... we are ready for the challenge.
"What???" I said this as I looked in my review mirror - yep,... stuck,..again.
I recalled just moments after digging the van out the first time, Dawn leaning out her window and saying, "We should have gotten a picture of this!"
Great,.. get the camera ready. Here we go again.
After the rains had left, and we played a bit in the sand,... you had to smile because it was a nice day for a dig (twice).
It was also a nice day for a ride - which we managed to get in as well.
5 comments:
GOLD! (two in a row to be exact! Where did my rivals go?)
Hahahahahahaha. Oh, Dawn, the things that happen to that van.
Made me laugh, I must say.
Love,
Shanna
Looks like fun...wish I could have been there to help push! Or more likely, drive while the guys pushed--that appears to have earned Dawn a Harley ride. Lookin' good, Dawn! BTW, the Hucke-Kelly pix from Foto Friday were in my children's time at Hubbard UCC this morning as examples of BFF families, the kind that are always THERE for one another. Yes, Grandpa Roger sang "I'll Be There."
Little Grandma Laura
Glad you were able to make it to the reinactment, we couldn't squeeze it in. Where did you park the van that it got stuck ... TWICE? Is that Carnie Sam pushing too? Look at those muscles!
b.
Danielle and I were in the back laughing because it was funny. We were saying to each other we shouldn't be laughing but it was so funny. We were in my car that wasn't stuck.
Hannah Kelly
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