Bay St. Louis Weekend

Our annual trip to Bay St. Louis with friends took place the last weekend in July. Twenty of us descended upon Brian’s family’s camp for two nights. This time, however, we had two boats. Kenny and Grandpa worked hard to resurrect and fix up Grandpa’s old 1968 Seagull, which hadn’t been on the water in almost 15 years. They got it ready in time for us to take it with us; Kenny was so excited.

We arrived at the camp just around 6:30pm and ended up going out to the Gulf to look for hermit crabs since it was low tide. There were lots of crabs, as well as tons of jellyfish. Riley was in heaven.

Kenny and I picked up dinner on the way back to the camp since none of us had eaten yet, and we decided to try a place called The Rum Kitchen. It was so good, and much more enjoyable than McDonald’s or Sonic would have been. Fairly tasty margaritas too!

The next morning, after breakfast and some play time for the kids, we headed out in the two boats to the beach. We had about 10 minutes of slow going in the canals that lead to the Jordan River, and the old green boat performed great. We even got up on plane for a short stretch where there were no houses along the canal.

As soon as we got into the river, however, a loud alarm went off and did not quit until Kenny killed the engine. Long story short, the engine overheated, and we ended up having to be towed back to the camp. Kenny was so disappointed.

 

We ate lunch at the house and then half of us went by boat and the other half by car to the beach. We had a great afternoon out there.The kids took turns going for tube rides, while the rest stayed and played on the sand. Riley was SO happy to be able to hang out with Jackson all day. They found another hermit crab and created a whole habitat for him.

We packed up around 5:15pm. Riley and I rode the boat back to the camp, and the kids had a water gun battle under the house before a yummy dinner of burgers, hot dogs, sausage, corn, and watermelon.

Thanks for another great weekend, Bridget and Brian!