Sunday, July 31, 2011

Reunion of Cousins


There were 23 of us that started our cousins reunion Friday evening by meeting for dinner at the Lost Roo restaurant in Long Beach.  We had a great visit and the staff treated us great. 

Saturday morning we had a tasty breakfast of hotcakes, link sausages, and fried eggs.  Our chefs were Claude, Mike, & Dusty along with assorted assistants.  We had more people show up for breakfast and others straggled in later during the day.  Some were first timers and a few had not come for a while.  The younger ones (under 15) soon made friends or reconnected with old friends.
 After breakfast several people went off to explore the beaches, shops, and other sites of the area.  The rest of us stayed to visit and keep the campfire going.  Cecil & Larry had a few competitive rounds of cribbage.  Michael was delighted when Claude allowed him to drive one of the quads.

Wayne set up a target for a little archery shooting and Logan tried his hand at pulling the bow.  Did quite well for his first time.  There was also an exciting game of tag and quad rides by others.



We all gathered together again for a dinner of hamburgers & hotdogs cooked over the fire by chef Claude. We also had potluck dishes of beans, salads fruits and desserts.

We ended up with about 38 people as near as I could tell.  And 4 well behaved dogs.  Except of course for her highness, Opal, who tried to get into everyone’s plate.  And sometimes succeeded.

We had a little unwelcome excitement just as we were finishing dinner.  A hive of ground hornets at the base of a tree near the cook tent was stepped on.  Shelly N. received the first barrage and most of the bites.  People ran for cover, but several of us were stung including at least 2 of the dogs.  The hornets eventually left us alone.

I issued a command appearance for all to get into a group picture.  There were a few grumbles from young and old but all graciously smiled and waited patiently for umpteen cameras to get pictures.  The photographers were Kyle (Michaels staff person) who did a great job juggling all those cameras & Claude who only had to deal with one.



Sunday we had breakfast of fried potatoes cooked in my big paella pan, fried eggs and tortillas.  Our chefs were Claude, Mike, Chad, & Mark.
Some of the folks had to leave shortly afterward as they had long drives home.  A few others stayed a while to visit, ride the quads, and play a few games of soccer and badminton.

We adjourned until next year but did not decide on a date, place or host.




 

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