This is the second straight year the 2x Terrys, 2x Carters and Potters met up at HHI for a long weekend. It is a stark contrast from 15-20 years ago when this group would get together for a long weekend. Back then, it was 8 to a hotel, late night bars, late morning wake up calls, sun tans, and lady watching. Now it is 5 condos, in bed by 8pm, up at 6am, gallon of sunscreen, kid wrangling, life guarding, body surfing, shell/shark teeth collecting and naptime breaks. Some things are the same though. Lots of lies, laughs, music, reminiscing, and memory making. Ill take that over the late night bars for sure. It takes effort to line up schedules, but it is worth it. Each year the kids get more independent and the adults get to hang out more. One day these kids might even be in charge of driving us to the local bar.
While there, we have the obligatory beach time. We also make it to a restaurant. That is an adventure when the kids out number the adults.We cook out at the park. That's a lot smarter than the restaurant idea. Matthew and I snuck off for an fishing trip. It is rare we get to hang out just the 2 of us. It is what it is. On this fishing day, we caught numerous 15+lb Red Fish plus various other species. It was a bit rocky out there and Matthew had to take a few short breaks. It was a great day at sea. Great weekend on the island with old pals.
