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The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

ShoalFox

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
Yes
I remember the day my best friend in junior high invited me over to play his new Pong game.
No joke, he went on to become a graphic artist and video game designer. :)
I'm one of the few (if not the only person) in my grade that collects retro games and everyone I mention this to looks at me funny. They're too obsessed with their current generation Xboxes and Playstations to pay any attention to the oldies.
 

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
I really enjoyed all your pictures!! What a great place with so many cool things to see and experience down there. The sand dollars are a unique sight. And, oddly enough, I have always liked those car ferries. (I've been on one from Lake Champlain, Vermont, to Plattsburgh, NY.)

Your dad is so much fun! I like the ocean, too (although haven't actually been there in recent years), but when I was a kid, my mother used to call me a fish--I never wanted to get out of the ocean!! Hope you, also, got a chance to play in the surf. :) And, thanks for sharing all the pictures. We like pictures of all vacations here!!

Thanks, Minnie! :)

We love the ferry, too! :)
Unfortunately, sometimes, depending on the time of year and day of the week, the wait for the ferry, to or from the island, can be outrageously long.
On the way down a coupla' weeks ago, my folks actually (on a Saturday) detoured south through Corpus Christi because the wait for the ferry was 2 hours :confused: (there are electronic signs on the highways, or you can pull it up on your phone).
For us (DS and myself on Wednesday mid-day) the wait was only about 15 min.
When we were leaving Saturday mid-day, we pretty much got right on, but, for those waiting to get on the island from the ferry it was another 2 hr. wait.

Anyway, the ferry is definitely a fun part of the trip (except for that DME-ish feeling you get when leaving the island for the trip home ;)).
We get out of the car and smell the fresh, salty sea air. Ahhhhh... :happy:
Although we didn't see any this trip, many times there are porpoise swimming and jumping alongside the ferries.

This is gonna' be a really horrible pic 'cause I took it with my iPhone and zoomed, but, here's a shot from a few years ago of a porpoise jumping in front of a ship on the ship channel side of town... :)

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Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Right foot, toe next to pinkie. :( I guess next time I will open my eyes when walking to the bathroom at night. :joyfull: At the time I just cussed up a blue storm and went back to bed. When I woke up that morning I had a thumb-sized toe. :grumpy: And you are SOOOO right about 2016.

Oy. Poor you. I broke my big toe once years ago, fortunately it was summer and at least I could wear flip flops.
 

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