2/9/08

Covington, LA: A Great Cook Out

What a great day. Spent the am doing a lot of nothing and going to the grocery store. Of course, bad idea to shop for groceries on an empty stomach so we had to stop at Sonic for a breakfast burritos loaded with jalapenos (on mine; MLA likes 'em plain). Grocieries consisted of goodies for a cook-out with Debbie & Richard.
Chance did a little fishing / drowning worms. As the saying goes: Fishing was excellent; catching was poor. Oh well, Chance didn't care. Like all kids he just wants to cast and reel in the bobber. Too boring to just watch a bobber and wait for it to bob.
Made Dynomite burgers & hot dogs for everyone along with some cajun sausage. Everything tastes better when grilled outdoors.
Followed with a big camp fire where Chance cooked marshmellows. I should say burned marshmellows. He would stick a marshmellow on his stick, put it in the fire until it caught fire (~3 seconds), pull it out, blow out the fire once blackened all over, scrape it off on a log in the fire and then start over. He did this to three quarters of a bag of marshmellows. He was so excited he shook all over. Too much fun to watch. Where else can a kid have that much fun for 89 cents?

Just got back from an evening walk; most people decorate thier campsite with lights, Mardi Gras beads, and whatnot. Warm day around 70 with a little bite in the air at night. The whole campground has a pleasant smoky smell you can almost taste. Brings back memories of lots of camping trips with the kids.




Another beautiful day planned for tomorrow. Explore anothe state park in the am and meet up with Debbie & Richard tomorrow afternoon. Till then, God bless all of you.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

What an awesome day, excellent company and weather, fishing was a little bit to be desired. Oh well Chance had fun and a few worms were saved.

Glad MLA had Dale finish all his chores the day before. Outstanding burger and dogs, nothing better on the grill!

Sorry about the bag of marshmellows but I think Dale was able to get a S'More before all the marshmellows were burnt.

Thanks guys for a wonderful day.

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