No, that is not the name of a tasty new foul-flavored drink, I am talking about the latest and greatest game you can play at the beach with obnoxious, aggressive seagulls. My sister-in-law Kelly left to go back home to a very cold Utah this morning, so yesterday we all decided to go to the beach while she was still here and soak up the sun and near-80 degree weather. Hey, I'm not rubbing it in. It's simply a statement of fact. And this is why I live here, anyway! No apologies. To be fair, however, the water was freezing and no one goes to actually swim, you just go to be in the sun and hang out. And this is where seagull punching comes in. As we were playing on the beach, seagulls were, of course, everywhere over head scouting for cheetos and distracted beach bums who foolishly were not hiding their lunches under a towel. Seagulls at our beach are very brazen and would carry away an entire Papa John's pizza if you brought one. So as they would fly overhead we would always raise one arm in a fist and say "punch!" The seagulls were too far away and would only sometimes flinch at our gesture. It was mainly an inside joke, but it began to be hilarious when the camera got involved.
And now for the top 5 seagull punches of New Year's Eve 2012:
#5
Luke's form is pretty good and his disfigured face gives the impression that he can't even bear to look at that hideous bird. Which was not the case at all. Luke was bold.
#4
Although you can clearly see that the bird doesn't care about our seagull punches, Brian looks like he means business!
#3
I give him bonus points for punching two at the same time.
#2
Gotta give Kelly her props for punching while holding the chip bag. And bonus points to Bri and Kell for seagull punching as a couple.
#1
Finally, Luke takes numero uno for his incredible Iron Man seagull punch. His little fist just warms my heart :)
So what do you do at the beach when you don't swim? Well, you....
Look for shells with Grandpa...
Dig in the sand...
Draw a monkey in the sand with a stick.... Nice one, Luke!
Find a dead crab....
Fly a kite....
Do some weightlifting on muscle beach....
Turn yourself into Iron Man....
Climb a tree and get photo-bombed. Level: Brian.
Play some frisbee.....
Kiss a dead horseshoe crab....
Find a flippin' sweet Ferrari in the parking lot...
And jump for joy because you finally got to go to the beach again!
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Great photos!
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