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I prefer leaving at about 4am

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This, I'm quite the early bird so I don't mind. Get up super early, throw the kids in their seats in their PJs, hit the road and arrive with a nice chunk of the day left to do stuff, and since I'm up around 5am most days, I can still function for the day.

You've got to have shade, we have a Neso Grande, works great, easy to setup, packs down about the size of a loaf of bread. We also had one of those pop up baby tents, gave us a nice place to let the kid lay down/take a nap if they would. I'd also suggest a backpack ice chest, the bigger the better, we'd bring bottles, juice, snacks, sunscreen etc. and the backpack ones are easier to load up and carry around.

Biggest tip is patience, some kids love it, other's hate it, take what they'll give you at that age, it might be great, it might now.

No, probably meant he has his own tent with AC, at $33/night that means he just rented one of the RV spots to have electricity. The primative tent spots on the beach sites are $18/night.

One of the best things we ever did was quit using the local CVS/Walgreens/Box store pharmacy and started using the local place right down the street. Most of the time they have any prescriptions ready within the hour of being called in. No more waiting in line, no more dealing with someone with a pissy attitude, no more day+ wait for things to be ready, no more "Oh we're out of that one, you'll need to go to have it transferred to our other location to be filled".

Yes, but there's light at the end of the tunnel, headed to Grand Isle this weekend and next to hopefully put a dent in the trout population. :nana:

Mother's Day, an out-of-state graduation, my kid's birthday, Friday night teeball games, concert in Mississippi, etc etc. We have one last tee ball game this friday then headed south. Seems like we've had something every weekend for about the last 2 months.

My little girl did dancing for the first time last year and I'm lowkey thankful she hated it as they schedule their recitals every year on Memorial Day Weekend and I wasn't thrilled about that.

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No school cancellations yet for south la tomorrow? Hrrr showing 10” for some areas. Cant let little brayleigh melt in the rain waiting for the carpool

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Lafayette and Acadia parish just announced schools are closed for tomorrow.

Strad's Koenigsegg lease is running him something like $36,000 per month, he recently did a video where his monthly expenses is around $70,000 per month.

I really don't understand these guys getting into these hypercars outside of dream car status, though I'm convinced Ed thinks he can speak the value of Veyrons into appreciation and Hoovie is just along for the ride.

I do enjoy their content though, Ed, Hoovie, Tavarish, Matt Armstrong, Big Time, Donut Media, etc. all put out some good stuff.

Still a bit irritated that Tavarish is ditching the hybrid system on the P1, I'll still follow along just to see it through to completion(one day) but he's getting alot of shite for ditching the hybrid components.

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I'm in the minority, but I'm not a huge hybrid fan.

The more I read, the more my opinion is that hybrids just add another complex system to a vehicle that is typically already very efficient.

In other words, too much sugar for a dime

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The 4Runner has always been endearing to 4Runner enthusiast because of it's simplicity. We, any many others, bought a 4Runner knowing it's not the fastest, not the most fuel efficient, not the most overloaded with tech and massive screens, but you can count on the 5th Gen getting you there and back for many trouble-free miles/years at a modest price. We currently intend to keep ours for the long haul. They took all of those qualities that people loved and threw them in the trash. Now it's just another over-teched, overcomplicated, overpriced SUV that still doesn't get that great of mileage with crappy packaging for the hybrid/turbo crap.

Also, it's ugly. The catfish/double Hulk mustache is terrible. Someone found out the Tacoma front end is a direct bolt on, I suspect this swap to get pretty popular.

Update directly from Festival:

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We just heard Mayor Monique Boulet and Festival Director Scott Feehan on KPEL
Here’s a recap:
?? the rain has slowed, water has receded downtown
?? Festival volunteers and downtown businesses are cleaning up as we speak
?? If you need help, call 911, the city will respond
?? Day 2 of Festival is ON!
It’s also our Mayor’s Birthday today! ??
We will see y’all tonight, leave your waders at home!

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:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Perfect timing as I don't believe anyone has yet shared Rocketpoweredmohawk's recent take on this exact thing :lol: