It was the 3rd of July and so time to get ready to go to the beach for a picnic. We watched the door and waited for Suzanne to emerge so that we could go. We listened to the radio and checked the gauges before Melissa and then Melissa and Suzanne emerged.

The ride was uneventful and we knew to not jump off the bridge even without the sign and soon we were there taking the obligatory phone booth and beach tags sign pictures. Their house, 3083, was quite nice and within a short time we were eating cheese and I had some beer while Suzanne was finishing her water when Lucy and Jane appeared and took a picture of the fan for Benjamin. The kids went to the arcade and came back wit the Coca Cola polar bear the tiger and other assorted toys. They also had caps to fire to celebrate our flag and the neighbor who saluted us. All of this made Suzanne happy even as Michael twisted in his chair and Caroline appeared incognito. We decorated the food had more beer and sent Lucy down below to catch the parachute. Next it was to fire the snaps which Jane and Lucy did to Suzanne's amazement. The food smelled too good to even consider the Fishin Pier.

Next we went to the beach to see the gulls and watch them fly beyond Lucy and Jane as Suzanne watched. We took a few artistic gull shots. We shot a pier picture and then it was time to play life guard and pretend that we didn't see the crazy lady with her metal detector. Ben climbed the life guard chair and then we went back to see Michael and Caroline cook a wonderful meal.