July 4, 2009 my first group of 55

The Christian Life Center will only accomodate 55 people at one time.

My first 55 came in late Saturday night, with a “new” code that Greg forgot to install, so they had to wait for someone to let them in. Debbie had flown into Gulfport at 4 PM, and we had gone to the Bay Crabfest to find crafts, crabs, softshell crabs, shrimp, gumbo, Cajun.
Very good: something for all tastes. We ate there. Deb did not care for the way they seasoned their soft-shell crabs: to me they were OK, but I am used to the way John does it.

After eating, we went to the beach to locate fireworks. It turned out they are all along the bay: We parked within sight of the Silver Slipper Casino, and had 4 firework displays to swivel our heads for, plus some in the distance. One guy really knew what he was doing: the others either were unsure of themselves or had bought the wrong thing. There were a lot of duds. We sat in the car and watched: next time, find a place to spread a blanket.
Afterward, we rode around, trying to find our way to Rt 90, which runs near the Christian Life Center (i.e. South is water, north should reach 90. I knew we started on the beach blvd, but do not know where we rode around. Thankfully, when we finally located the highway, I knew where we were.

By then, we went to Sonic: Debbie was starved We waited half an hour for our food. After we were served, John called to locate me: the church had arrived, they had the wrong code, and could not get in. We left immediately and returned to the Center: someone had already unlocked the door, and they were in the process of unloading the U-haul type truck in which 55 people had brought their luggage as well as materials for the job they were going to do. .