Gourdfest 2007

By all reason, Gourdfest should've been a total wash this year: 1. Matt and I could not take Friday off so we could only do Saturday and Sunday. 2. We could not get a campsite until the last minute. 3. Because of an unprecedented lack of rain, we could not build our yearly bonfire. Instead this turned out to be one of the best Gourdfests in it's 14 year history. Such is the spirit of the Gourdfest.  Unpredictible, it is.

Matt, Fred and I got to the campsite and set up the tent.  We needed food and also a means to cook it, because of the campfire ban. We headed for the nearest Walmart to purchase a hibachi grill, when we saw signs for Long Beach Island.  So we said, "Hey, let's go to Long Beach Island." And so it was. This is a first for Gourdfests - we spent most of our time outside of the woods.

Off we went to the beach.  In October.  In New Jersey. Anyone not in New Jersey should know that it is not at all normal to be at the beach, wearing shorts, complaining of the heat, in October, in New Jersey.

Matt always lags behind because the ecosystem that lives in his hair weighs him down so.

The beach.  In New Jersey.  In October. I blame Al Gore for this.

Stop trying to zoom in on the bikini chick in the back. That's not funny at all, cut it out.

Look closely and you'll see the jellyfish we were all trying to avoid.

Another Gourdfest first - mini golf???

Fred gets very competetive about mini-golf.  He refers to himself as "Team Awesome." Here he is taunting Matt.

And here is Matt fetching his ball from the liquor store parking lot.

I was making a bonfire, dammit, legal implications or no.

Matt is not the sunshine of your life nor the apple of your eye. He will not always be around or ever in your heart.

Not as glorious as a raging bonfire, but oh well.

Two roads diverged in the woods, and I, I chose the one that was paved. And my back appreciated all the difference.

And the geekfest begins. Since there was no fire to maintain, we passed the time with a three hour game of Risk.  My strategy begins and ends with claiming Australia.  After that I just want to make the other players miserable.

I call this one the "proof" shot. We were awful close to Atlantic City, and well...I needed proof.

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