With sun returning to the "Greater Metropolitan Boston Area,"  it was clear we'd have to do things today other than sit around in bars and drink.  The bike was a bit dirty having had it's last bath in Oxford, Mississippi over 2,500 miles and 52 cases of beer ago, so it seemed only appropriate that it should be washed.  Cleaning a Harley with lots of chrome - dirty chrome - is a big task, so rather than do it ourselves we tricked one of Bob & Marie's kids, Jonathan, into helping - actually doing it all!  We figured this was an great opportunity  to showcase our management skills while also teaching Jonathan a valuable lesson - never trust your parents friends, they will just burn you!

After the bike was spotless and sparkling - thanks to Jonathan's hard work and our management - we all set off for the beach in Marie's car with the kids, chairs, umbrellas, an ice chest and God knows what else.  Now we're from Southern California so we know beaches, but the Atlantic coast is a bit different.   There were very few bikinis in sight, nobody was rollerblading, playing volleyball or lifting weights and let's just say the crabs were nothing like what Kevin was familiar with when he was in the army.  But we still had a BLAST sitting in the sun, yelling at the kids, drinking beer like no tomorrow and throwing the empties (along with the plastic six pack holders) at the seagulls.

When we returned home we barbequed up some chicken breasts and prepared some pasta fit for royalty (actually we didn't prepare it, Bob & Marie did, but it was another chance for us to show our management skills).    After dinner we left the kids with a half a gallon of ice cream, a stack of DVDs, the phone number of a neighbor and headed for the nearest bar.  After a few (dozen) beers we decided because of our exeperience to apply for management jobs at Victoria's Secret at the Mall - (why figured why not get paid for playing with lingerie?) but they were closed (ridiculous - it was only 11:30pm!) so instead we egged their windows and threw rolls of toilet paper around the front of the store.   Why should we care?  We're leaving Boston in the morning and by the time Bob & Marie tell them who did it, we'll be two states away in...

    
Child labor worked in the 1800's why not now?             Kevin advising the boys that Hawaii is not too far to swim.

    
This is why we only have had three kids we let live!                                      Victoria Secret's loss and Kevin's gain!