Day #21- Sand Castles in the Sand

For any How I Met Your Mother fans, the song title needs no explanation.   For those who aren't,  you're missing out.  Today was as close to perfect as a day can get.  It was a beautiful  72° and we attended Sand Fest which supports a great cause- the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse.  Sandcastles were built by kids, amateurs, all the way up to expert builders.   The various buildings of the lighthouse were open to tour.  My favorite sandcastle was built by an amateur.   It was a fire hydrant spraying water- all made out of sand, of course.  Another favorite was done by a master builder and it was of Aladdin and Jasmine.   Each castle had a money bucket in front of it and people could vote by placing in money.  I am not sure if the money then went to the builder or the charity.  This was the People's Choice portion.  There were also official judges for the event.  Other sandcastles included, well, sand CASTLES.   These were very intricate and one had a dragon surrounding the castle complete with scaly textured skin.  Another impressive entry was a huge duck.  Individual feathers could be seen on the duck's back.  I am not sure when the winner was set to be announced, but I imagine the Port Huron newspaper will tell us. 
We went over to Susie's for dinner and had a feast of Sushi.  Jeremy, of course, made fun of me for my sushi choices- no eel or shark for me.  It was all delicious.  Bill did not join us for dinner, but he did sit up in his bed for Jen and Susie to help him eat a few bites of his favorite tuna sushi.  He somehow got a mouth full of wasabi and Jen was able to quickly get him to drink some Gatorade.   I am wondering if this was a trick to get his liquids down him or if he really picked up the wasabi not knowing what it was?  Loren and I did not hang around long after dinner.  We know how difficult things can be and with it getting later, I knew they would be having to try to get Bill ready for bed.  Also, as usual, there had been multiple visitors throughout the day, so we did not want to overwhelm with an extended stay.  Susie had him blow me a kiss goodbye, as he does not like people to get too close.  He was funny and stuck his tongue out at me.  Susie is very proper and scolded him saying "she is your niece and she loves you, blow her a kiss!".  He obeyed, but I found it more in his character the other way.  We said our see ya laters and headed back to our hotel. 
Tomorrow we check out here and head to Royal Oak.  We plan to have lunch with Judy and Jill, so stay tuned!