What I Learned on My Summer Vacation -- Part Two

I have already written a What I Learned on My Summer Vacation type blog about things I learned/experienced on my summer vacation. I thought I would write a few more things... I bet I write another one tomorrow too.

1. One of the things that I can safely say that I have never done as a grown up is to drive on the beach. At the end of Route 12, the road abruptly stops and drivers continue onto the beach. (You can't park anywhere in the first 1/2 mile or so... in case you were wondering...) It was like driving in the snow and when the car would lose a bit of traction or start to spin out, I remembered to turn INTO the spin and it would straighten itself out. It was different and I thought pretty cool. Would I do it again? Yeup... but I would be sure to bring the swim suits and towels instead of just driving on it.

2. Sexual innuendos run rampant all over the island. The billboards on the way in and the T-Shirts that people wear are all over the place. Here are a couple of examples. There was a billboard or 20 or so advertising "Try My Nuts" -- a nut shop. They had funny t-shirts with goofy pictures and that's how crazy it was. There was also a place called "Dog Nutz" which was essentially a shop of dog pharaphenalia. Loads of fun. Oh yeah... let's not forget Dirty Dick's Crab House where you get a shirt that says... "I got crabs at Dirty Dick's."

3. One of the nicest sounds in the world is the laughter of children. It really is a great sound. What is more pure really? When you get a child to genuinely bust a gut, there is nothing more satisfying... There is one thing however that drives me absolutely insane though. I don't really need nor do I want to hear the laughter when I am in bed trying to steal a few extra minutes of sleep while on vacation. I normally get about 5 hours of sleep on most nights but I wanted to try to get 6 or even 7. Laughing and running kids in the room above my head... not my favorite thing.

4. I dropped my phone into the pool... chlorinated pool. After a couple of hours blowing it dry with a hair dryer and trying different things I saw on the internet, I gave up and left the phone for dead. Yeup... dead... there was no life in the phone... I can't lie... it pissed me off. Not so much for the losing all my stored numbers OR losing access to my phone and friends, but because I just plain felt dopey. Dopey... nothing I hate more than feeling dopey. Stupid is one thing... but dopey is another.

5. In all seriousness... a seven and a half hour drive is tough enough, but when you do it alone, it isn't that great. Thank goodness that the ride home was with muh wife. That wasn't nearly as bad since she makes almost everything better... ALMOST you say? She doesn't make porn or strip clubs better...