It was the 3rd of July and so time to get ready to go to the beach for a picnic. We watched the door
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and waited for Suzanne to emerge so that we could go. We listened to the radio
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and checked the gauges
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before Melissa
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and then Melissa and Suzanne
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emerged.
The ride was uneventful and we knew to not jump off the bridge even without the sign
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and soon we were there
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taking the obligatory phone booth and beach tags sign pictures.
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Their house, 3083,
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was quite nice and within a short time we were eating cheese
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and I had some beer
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while Suzanne was finishing her water
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when Lucy and Jane appeared
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and took a picture of the fan
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for Benjamin. The kids went to the arcade and came back wit the Coca Cola polar bear
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the tiger
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and other assorted toys. They also had caps
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to fire to celebrate our flag
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and the neighbor
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who saluted us. All of this made Suzanne
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happy even as Michael
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twisted in his chair and Caroline
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appeared incognito. We decorated the food
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had more beer
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and sent Lucy
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down below to catch the parachute.
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Next it was to fire the snaps
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which Jane and Lucy did
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to Suzanne's amazement.
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The food smelled too good to even consider the Fishin Pier.
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Next we went to the beach
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to see the gulls
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and watch them fly
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beyond Lucy and Jane
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as Suzanne
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watched. We took a few artistic gull shots.
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We shot a pier picture
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and then it was time to play life guard
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and pretend that we didn't see the crazy lady
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with her metal detector. Ben climbed the life guard chair
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and then we went back to see Michael and Caroline cook a wonderful meal.
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