Sun, Surf, Suds
I’ll be taking a few days off from work starting tomorrow in order to drive down to the Padre Island National Seashore for a little camping trip.
It’s a college reunion, of sorts, and I’ll be following ad monkey Omar (and crashing at his sister’s place in Austin on Thursday), happily behind the wheel of Matilda.
The object is to drink as much beer as possible. We’ll set a goal, try to reach that goal, then set the goal higher the next day. Simple guy stuff.
The Seashore is only accessible with 4-wheel drive vehicles (which immediately sets the mood and tone for a guy’s weekend) and we should be camping 20 or 30 miles north of the end of any paved surfaces. Plus, the island is nearly 500 miles away from Dallas (hey, we live in a big state), so it should be a fun road trip.
The She Monkey and Omar’s she monkey Heather are driving to the Texas Hill Country over the weekend for a girls’ pampering trip of day spas and tickle parties.
If all goes well (read: if I survive), I’ll see you on Tuesday.
Email Article Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 at 02:01pm Mack Simpson
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1. scott | May 2nd, 2006 at 11:36 am
hope you had a good trip… padre? you didn’t get sucked into competing in one of those “wet t-shirt” contests, did you?
2. Mack Simpson | May 2nd, 2006 at 11:55 am
Thanks, Scott.
No, we didn’t have any wet t-shirt contests, as welcomed as they might have been.
Being guys, we didn’t count on how much abrasive sand there would be on the, uh, beach… or on the becalmed Saturday that brought out, oh, a million or so biting insects.
By the end of the trip, we were all wondering how to latch on to the girls’ spa trip for next year.
In other words, we had a great time.
–M.
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