GCMG ANNUAL FAMILY PICNIC PICTURES

On Sunday, June 14th, the GCMG hosted its annual family picnic. What a fantastic picnic we had this year! It was difficult to get an exact number of those in attendance, but a best guess would be 40.
The weather was a bit on the warm side, but was tolerable with the shade from the trees and a nice breeze.

For starters we rented a huge water slide and a gigantic slip and slide. In addition to our member's children and grandchildren on the slides, it was quite interesting to see many of our members slipping and sliding. We did learn by adding some baby shampoo to the slip and slide, you slid much further and faster. Not sure if this was a good idea or not, as several members were observed sliding so fast, they went over the end barrier wall and down into the grass. Also, as a result of the shampoo on the slip and slide, everyone went home very, very clean and smelling like a baby. The only time the slides were not in use, was during dinner.

Speaking of dinner, we had more food than ever. Besides the chicken and pork, provided by the club, everyone brought something. There were salads, fruit, vegetables and of course about 10 kinds of desert. Actually, there was so much food, that most everyone took home a "doggie bag". A special thanks to Jason Simond for smoking and preparing the pulled pork. It was great!

We had a few special guests this year. Michael Baker and his wife Theresa stopped by for a while, as he was in the area to do a show. Another old friend of the club, Bill Riales and his son, Jack dropped by as well. Bill is the former host of the WKRG-CBS morning show out of Mobile.

We did not have a show this year, but there was a lot of magic going on here and there throughout the day. As always, there was a lot of magic talk going on as well.

The children and grandchildren kept busy all day with the water slides and the swing and slide play set. Actually, the day flew by and it seemed the party had just gotten started, when it was time to leave.