4th O' July

This year we celebrated the fourth of July in Charleston, South Carolina and it was simply A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

We woke up bright and early in the morning to get things ready for a day on the boat. We had got most of the stuff ready the night before but Tish and Jeremy were picking us up at 8am. So we got up and both Bobby and I put on our American bathing suits, which we purchased from Walmart. I am usually against Walmart but what other place can you get random things like 4th of July bathing suits. Bobby's was the traditional American flag and mine had peace signs with American flags inside of them.

We finally arrive to Chris's house and get everything on the boat and prepare to meet up with the other 5 people that were going to be on our boat, making it a grand total of 14 people on our boat. Everyone finally gets to the boat ramp and Chris and Steven bring their boats and we head out towards this little island, called Capers. On our ride out to Capers Island, Jeremy finds the 2 little travel liquor bottles and Tish and I decided that it was a great idea to take vodka shots at 10 in the morning, NOT! It was sooo rough. We continue to booze it up before we get to Capers Island; however, Tish and I ended up breaking the seal and caused us to slow down so we could idle in the water.

Once we make it to the Island, the boys start blowing up this huge fifteen-person raft, the drinks start flowing, and everyone is having a great time. Time was flying by... at one point I was so shocked that it was 12:30 in the afternoon. A little later the big raft was finally blown-up and us girls piled on and we were passed the rummi bears (which Bobby and I made with Parrot Bay Pineapple Rum- so delish!) and someone passes the DUDE vodka bottle around and we started taking shots from the bottle. The next thing I know- I'm wasted sitting on the boat, thinking to myself I need to get on land and chill out for a little and I get off the boat and go sit on a log for god knows how long and Bobby comes to sit with me. Apparently during this time I missed a lot of events, like young girls trying to bum shots off group and Tish making one of the girls kick a ball but she missed and fell flat on her ass. Well I finally get hot enough that I go sit in the water with Bobby and at this point I am not drinking anymore- well only drinking water.

The crew decides that it is time to go and we all load up and head on back to the boat ramp. At this point, like it always is on the water in the evening in SC, the seas are 2 to 3 feet and it's windy out. So the party boat we are on can only go so fast; however, with all the waves we are getting SOAKED! Every breath I went to take I had a huge splash of water in my face, I am pretty sure that I drank a couple gallons of salt water. We finally make it back to the boat ramp and head back to Chris's to find out that Bobby had to work at 6:30pm, well it was closer to 7:00pm. So we hitched a ride back in Chris's Echo with Wally and Lacy.

Once home, Bobby left for work and Dana and I got to-go from On the Border, which was so good. It reminds me so much of Tia's Tex-Mex in Tampa, FL. Overall, this was the best 4th that I have had in a long time. My family never had a boating tradition on the 4th of July, mostly because we never had anything but a Jon boat for Bass fishin'. The typical Grimm family tradition was to head out to a local park that had a lake and we would sit out there play with glow sticks, play the games that were set up, and watch the fireworks, which I always thought was wonderful. However, fun family holiday's ended when my parent's got divorced. I can't wait to have a family to start traditions with! Maybe by that time Bobby and I will have our own boat and can go boating all the time (I can wish, can't I).

As I stated previously, this was a great 4th O' July, definitely one for the books!

Love Grimmy