Try, Try Again

Yesterday Mark and I set off for a bike ride down the east beach road.  By the time we got back to the park we had ridden 10 miles.  We stopped off to watch a retired school teacher fishing with a net in an area where the Gulf goes into the bay area.  When the tide comes in lots of locals fish with these large nets that are weighted down with about 50 small weights.  She told us she fishes daily for her dinner, and was lucky enough to catch a flounder and some crabs, but she releases the female crabs as they are now full of eggs. 

This was Mark on the first leg of our trip, trying to convince our friends Mark and Diane to come to the Gulf next week.

Instead of catching our own, we biked up the road to buy some fresh fish and crab cakes for our dinner.

Next was the test of trying to set up the satellite dish.  Dennis and Mark had been trying to get Dennis' up with no success so Mark decided to try ours as well.  Same success rate so he just bundled it all up and threw it back into the trailer.

Too aggravated from the satellite fiascos, we just headed to the beach while Dennis decided to keep messing with his. The waves were gigantic and quite rough.  We counted only 11 people in the water for as far as we could see in both directions.  To get the sand out, we again headed back to the pool where Pam and Dennis and our neighbors Ricky and Susan were all imbibing in their local beverages (beers, Hurricanes, Dacquiris).  We had a lot of catching up to do.

We finally got around to grilling the fish and crab cakes around 8pm.  This was our first attempt at grilling fish other than the crappie we caught at the lake.  We ended up with a pile of tiny bits as the two large pieces of flounder kinda shredded on the foil on the grill; however, it was good.  Next time we'll get a thicker piece of fish.  The crab cakes fried in the electric skillet I got from my Mom were yummy (thanks Mom - I set it up outside on a table.)

This morning Dennis walked over to tell us he got his DirectTv working - he called them for advice and got the info we all needed.  Again, Mark drug all the equipment back out and was successful!

We had to say goodby to the Baton Rouge couple - Susie and Randy, as they had to return home today.  We're gonna miss them as they were a lot of fun.

We celebrated by playing in the waves all afternoon and then yet another trip to WalMart.  We're been here since Saturday.  The only entries in my checkbook for six days are the seven entries from WalMart!  We're gonna try and stay away for at least two days - yeah, right!