Where’s the oil?!?!?!
After I drop off a glorious wedding cake on Saturday, The Hubs and I are going here (minus the Texas flag and the camo beach chair):
Where we will have this view (yes, those are oil rigs way far away from the coast):
My family is renting this house for all of next week, and while The Hubs and I can only stay until Monday night, I’m super excited to be able to relax and spend time with my family on Alabama’s beautiful beaches. I just hope the oil holds off for a little while longer. The fam sent us to do a little inspection to see if there was oil anywhere. We spoke with a kind woman who said that last week was really really bad…like 10 ft diameter oil globs and tons of tarballs, accompanied by an awful crude oil smell. But as you can see from the photo above, it is all better now and people are swimming and having themselves a good time. We did find little tarballs that look like rocks. This was the largest one we saw:
But we also found spots in the water where the tarballs like to hang out and mingle with each other.
According to the forecast, the oil is headed our direction again. But the moral of this story is that we can still enjoy our beaches…we just have to take it a day at a time. Its going to be this way for a long, long time.
P.S. I can’t wait to see my wonderful family!!! I miss you guys!
Thursday 24, 2010
Thanks Ev for the wonderful report. I look forward to being together on the world’s prettiest beaches!
Thursday 24, 2010
Y’all have fun! So nice to get away with your fam. Also good to hear about the beaches. I imagined the worst.
Thursday 24, 2010
I hope you have a wonderful time! But I have to ask. Why are you going to ‘minus’ the Texas flag and the camo beach chair? DON’T YOU LOVE ME?? DON’T YOU LOVE TEXAS??
What happens if, while on your vacation, some Texas Ex comes up to you and is all, “Dude. I was going to give you this check for ELEVENTY BILLION dollars. But I won’t. Because you don’t have a Texas flag and a camo beach chair. Too bad for you.”
I’m sorry but I don’t think I will be able to be sad for you. Because you were warned.
Please don’t step on a tarball in the ocean and get stuck. If you do get stuck, wave your arms vigorously so someone will help you. Be sure to keep a tragic look on your face; otherwise they might think you are just doing some dancing and walk on by.