Camper at Night 2

Camper at Night 2

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Oysters = Success

Have you ever had a craving for something and nothing else can satisfy that hunger?  Bubba is like that about raw oysters.  He loves them, but he refuses to pay $1.00 apiece for them because he can remember when they were a nickel apiece.  We planned our last camping trip to St. George Island with the sole objective of obtaining oysters to satisfy Bubba's craving.

During the preceding week, Bubba studied the weather like a professional meteorologist.  We were scheduled to begin our days at the park on Wednesday which only gave Bubba one day (Thursday) to oyster because the bays are closed to harvesting shellfish on the weekends now

Thursday morning arrived and Bubba headed out with his kayak and a bucket.  It didn't seem like he had been gone that long before he was back.  I thought something had gone wrong, but he had filled his bucket and had all the oysters he could eat over the next few days.  He was a happy man.


At today's prices, this is approximately $60 worth of oysters.

He may not be smiling, but this is a happy man.


The biggest criticism I have of the state park at St. George Island is that there is no tv reception.  That may seem like a strange complaint from a camper, but you would be surprised how much you miss watching the news and weather every evening.


We had some nice walks, but it sure was cold next to the water.


We rented several movies to watch in the evening from the Red Box at the local dollar store.  Bubba is not much on watching movies, but he surprised me and watched a movie with me on Thursday and Friday nights.  We watched Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day the first night and Mom's Night Out the second night.  I'm pleased to announce that he actually laughed out loud during both movies.  I think having an ice chest full of oysters put him in a really good mood.




How often do you see this when you go to the beach?  Their horse trailer tag

 said they were from British Columbia.

We had several good meals, did a lot of reading and relaxing, and of course a lot of oyster eating (just Bubba).  It was too cold to sit outside much but at night we could sleep with the window open a little bit and could sleep to the sound of the surf.  That was some good sleeping.  The next time we visit St. George Island Amelia will be with us and that should be fun.  She loves the beach.


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