Subject: MARGE Trip Report Part I
From: lvdlrs <lvdlrs@midsouth.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:04:11 GMT

I finally got off shift after doing 12 and a half hours (Our heads up
match
tournaments start at 11:00 am and guess who's there to see that they go
without a hitch) If anybody was primed for a relaxing funfilled
enjoyable
three days off, it was me.  So it was my wife and me and our little 8 yr

old off to the Biloxi Grand.

The travel time took 6 hours and was rather uneventful except for the
manditory highway construction nuisance every ten miles or so.  One
thing that kept my heart pumping fast was the way those 18 wheelers
drove at times.  I would think one lane was enough for them.  But no,
those sleepless devils have to fishtail all over the place.  "Honey, how

close did that $#%^& come to hitting us?"  "About six inches."

Finally hit Gulfport.  Wife had lived there about six or seven years
ago,
so I naturally deferred to her direction giving.  Good move there. Not.
Drove all the way down to Beach Blvd instead of taking the freeway
over to Biloxi. "Dear, I thought we wanted to get there as fast as we
could, not take the scenic way around." "Shut up and drive."  "I would
like to but it's tough when you hit each and every stop light."  I don't

really remember how I got a bruise on my right shoulder.  Hmmmm.
"What's the address number of our hotel?" "262" "What'd that building
say?" "7500."  I knew we were getting close when we hit 300.
However the next addy I saw was 161.  Damn how could we have
missed it? "Gary, we're on the bridge now, you can't turn around."
A few miles later we're heading in the right direction again and damn,
the same thing happened, no hotel.  Just kept driving and finally hit
the Best Western at address 900.  I don't know about you but I
always feel foolish when asking the hotel clerk, "Do I have a
reservation here?"  Turns out that was the right hotel.  Hallelujah.
The room was nice.  It had a small refridgerator, coffee maker,
iron and ironing board, hairdryer, and a small safe with key.
Well worth the $138 for two nights stay.
All right.  We've touched base.  We're here and settled in.  Ready
for the next three days of an almost surrealistic series of events
and gatherings called MARGE.

Gary (...) Philips