Mr. Robin Offers His Best Advice for Fighting Off Microbes, Gators, and Escapees This Weekend6/30/2015
Good morning everybody! There’s an action-packed weekend ahead for the annual Fourth of July celebration here in Woodward County. Cousin Fred from western Arkansas called last week to check if I wanted to re-open Lake Mountebank for camping over the weekend. I told him that I didn’t think we would. Frankly, the lake is beginning to shrivel a bit with the lack of additional rain recently and the more usual temperatures. There’s a 25 foot length of mud where the bountiful waters of Lake Mountebank once resided.
Cousin Fred, never one to miss an opportunity, suggested opening a therapeutic mud spa. He said he had seen a similar enterprise along the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel years ago. He said there were all sorts of people along the muddy shore there that would get naked and cover themselves in mud (for a fee). I thought to ask why in the world he would have been in Israel, not to mention a part of Israel that borders Jordan where muddy people cavort in the nude, but I was running late for a root canal appointment with that quack dentist I patronize at great personal risk and decided to let it go. Cousin Fred is planning to visit for the weekend and is expected to arrive Thursday evening. He promised to bring a few gallons of Mr. Kim’s plum wine hooch, so I’m sure it will be a lively time here at the compound. My other reason for not wanting to offer RV camp sites for the Fourth weekend is that I’ve finally gotten the wife to give up the hand-rolled tobacco and Jack Daniel’s straight from the bottle. When she heard Cousin Fred is visiting this weekend, she immediately began searching drawers in the kitchen looking for rolling papers. She seemed very relieved that we won’t be invaded by a swarm of modern day Bedouins. We’ll see how she feels once we’re into about one and a half gallons of Mr. Kim’s plum wine hooch and Cousin Fred enlightens us as to his latest entrepreneurial scam…er, opportunity. So, if you’re reading this and hoping to get a spot at Lake Mountebank, I’m sorry, we’re closed. There was an article in today’s Woodward News that essentially told people that if you don’t have a reservation for a campsite at Ft. Supply Lake or Canton Lake, fuhgettaboutit. Actually, the ranger at Ft. Supply indicated that there were still about a dozen sites remaining at Buffalo Point, but that was it. With all the people at the lake this weekend, I wonder if any of the membership at the William S. Key Country Club will walk off the 18th green in search of a picnic and/or vehicle to escape to Texas (why they go to Texas is beyond me). If you’re headed to Supply Lake, you may want to take along a baseball bat…just sayin’. Oh, and a case of personal disinfectant…sure the rangers say the water is safe for swimming, but what do they know? Also, the disinfectant comes in handy for rubbing in the eyes of the gators to keep them away. Also on the front page of Woodward News today was a run down on the events taking place at Crystal Beach Park on Friday and Saturday leading up to the fireworks Saturday evening at 10PM. The fun starts Friday evening at 8PM when Jenny Franck opens for the headlining act, the Kentucky Headhunters who go on at 9PM. It’s a free event at Crystal Beach Stadium and the Headhunters always put on a great show. Saturday, the Fourth kicks off with the annual Firecracker 5K race followed by a full day of fun and entertainment including my personal favorite turtle racing, which as I pointed yesterday, we at CCB Stables plan to win…now and in the future. Step aside kids, Mr. Robin is moving in. The events culminate in the evening with a 9PM show – the Loop Rawlins Wild West Show. I first heard of this guy when he competed on the “America’s Got Talent” TV show. That’s followed by the annual Crystal Beach fireworks display. So, big, big doings in Cosmic City this Friday and Saturday. Be safe, shower often, watch out for the goose crap, and use sunscreen! Comments are closed.
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