Never got to the beach, -- see 7174 for a vacation report.
The trouble with vacations is coming back. You usually have twice as much work to get done in half the time. In three days you can use another vacation. :O)
Still, I look forward to it every year.
BTW-Did the Hippo respond? I was always interested in the fact that the donkey started to talk to Balaam and he simply responded.