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In reply to the discussion: I admit it, I'm dumb about alligators. [View all]csziggy
(34,179 posts)Friends of my husband from his college years gave a party on the beach of St. George Island as a celebration of the end of the year. They bought a keg and had a barbeque. One guy had an huge army surplus tent so they set that up for shade.
About fifty people showed up for the free beer; some provided chips and other snacks but no one had water, sunscreen, or camping gear. On the beach, in Florida, in mid June.
I went Saturday afternoon and took two huge fish shipping crates made of styrofoam, filled them with watermelons, then packed ice around them. When I got to the party some of the people had been there since Friday morning with only beer to drink. They mobbed my car - ALL the ice and water that had melted from it was gone before they stared in on the watermelons.
While the party was a success, the attendees all had serious sunburn and many, many bites from sand fleas and mosquitoes.
Forty years later they still give those parties - but every one since has been in December. While it can get chilly, it is much less life threatening!