[Jolly Amaranto]

Back during my first year of college, one of my old high school buddies and I decided we had to do something. We attended different junior colleges and still lived at home. We loaded up one of our cars with camping gear, fire wood, plenty of food and an ice chest with only sodas. We were not savvy enough to procure any beer (legal age in Texas 21). We headed down to Corpus Christi and crossed over to the north end of Padre Island. This is the National Seashore end, not the "Party" end down by Port Isabel. We drove down the beach as far as we could and found a deserted area to set up our camp. After eating we had a good fire going as the sun went down. We were just sitting in the sand, staring at the fire in the dark, bemoaning the fact that we were just some loosers, when we noticed some headlights coming down the beach. A car pulls up and two girls climb out. They were from the University of Missouri and had been driving all day. They asked if they could share our fire and pulled out an ice chest of beer. Well, somehow things worked out great after all.