The "Bean Flipper" Chronicles

Dan Allred brought with him to the time share two wrist rockets ("bean flippers"). For ammunition he had marbles and some glass pebbles that can be purchased at All-a-dollar for a bag full. We walked around this little fishing pond next to the Fraser River and shot and shot until I broke the rubber tube on the flipper I was using. We had about used up the beads and marbles anyway. I did feel bad to break the flipper, but Dan had spare parts and implied that he could readily fix it. We didn't do it on the spot, because we were all shot out. We shot in the air, across the pond, at rocks, at sign posts, and tried to make the missiles skip on the water. We just had a genuinely good time. We built up an appetite, so we went to KFC for lunch. Eating is something that we did very well during the four days the Allreds were with us. We ate wonderful meals in the unit and at places we were visiting we ate the fare from the menu. We even had scrumptious ice cream cones and pastries. URP!!!!!!! Suffice it to say that it was not a time to be on a diet. gwh