Bendybadger Bonusball Bonanza (SirBen Substitute Edition) (06-2-2017)

SirBen

Greetings and salutations! It's my turn to host the party this week!  

Per the standard rules, the first fifty nine (59) unique posts get a number for Saturday's UK Lottery Draw.  I'll trust someone on that side of the pond to post the correct winning number on Saturday. If the bonus ball number corresponding to your post is drawn, you win the prize!

The winner will receive a surprise polybag or prize of similar or equal value from my assortment of items collected for a future build that hasn't materialized, trade bait, or contest prize. The winner will need to PM their shipping address to me I can get their prize posted.

With Memorial Day marking the unofficial start of summer in my part of the USA, this week's question is, "What is your favorite summer tradition?" 

For me, it's the end-of-summer family camp which my family has attended for nearly 30 years. 

jmeninno

Hmmm...perhaps now that I have kids, taking a day off from work and going somewhere like a park, playground, water fountain thing (lol no idea what its really called)...

Yodalicious

Pool. We spend virtually all of the weekend, every weekend, in the pool.

PoMoPink

Having my Saturdays free cos it's not football season :)

Toc13

Hiding from the sun & waiting for winter. Don't like the heat & I don't get cold

dannyrww

Cooking Brats. Must have them several times during the summer.

SeijiAmasawa

Putting up our massive air conditioner. Such a pain but worth the effort once it hits the 80s.

woony2

Coasting round the park as the sunsets on my bmx and forgetting that I am 44.

Lobot

Growing tomatoes in my greenhouse - and eating them!

SumoLego

Setting up my Italian Patio Garage room.  I do not like the room, but I'm the only person in my family to use it.  

(It certain parts of the US, a certain segment of the population utilizes their garage space as a seasonal room.)

I'll post a picture if that type of thing is still allowed.

paul_merton

Going to TankFest :)

SprinkleOtter

Nowadays, the LEGO conventions.

@SumoLego - you mean the garage you can't see behind the LEGO Store bags?

Russell844

Grandma's homemade enchiladas for 4th of July!

Switchfoot55

For me, it is without a doubt camping at a local lake with my family. My wife's family has been doing it for the last 40 years. This summer will mark my 10th trip. It is the epitome of summer in my mind. 

Shib

BBQ and camping in the middle of nowhere at a friend's farm

iso3200

Getting my kids out of bed in the middle of the night to watch the Perseid Meteor shower in August. 

Now they're a bit older we try to go night fishing and watch them over a still lake outside our bivvy.

bandit778

Don't really have a summer tradition as I try to make the most of everything all year round but grabbing the sunny days when they get here and having a day out with the wife without the usual interruptions of every day life are always special to me.

monkeyhanger

Sat outside a river-front pub, drinking a frosty pint of cider (Cider for the Summer).

COOLEGO

Trekking down to brixham for a few days each year and hitting the beaches with the little one

TheFew

Ice cold cider!

eggshen

Fishing. Every summer I take my kids fishing as much as possible. We don't do boats, so it is always fun to find new places to catch the from shore. My kids range in age, so with my older kids it's all about the big ones but with my younger kids it's all about catching as many small fish as possible.

cmrt1014

4th of July Fireworks (used to go to Shoreline in Mountain View for the concert plus fireworks, now just hope for a not too foggy night!)

Roskoboy

Ice Cream at the beach!

MasterBeefy

Going outside, yup I do that about once a year.

sukh

Match tea at cricket matches 

Wicksy80

Barbecues! Whenever the sun is out, so is the grill!

alldarker

Ahhh was beaten to it, but yeah, weekly BBQ's are most definitely it!

historyman

Another vote for BBQ. But we don't confine them to just the summer. Boxing Day BBQ is quite the tradition in our house. 

flord

My favourite summer tradition is morning coffee outside, and time at the lake.

devilhead

Don't have one.

jansc

Weekend BBQ

starwars4ever

I would say going to at least one Mariners (baseball) game every summer up in Seattle.

messy

We have a sneaky day out at the beach whilst our children are at school, it's always a carefree day and we get to eat ice cream and have a cup of tea in peace!

stlux

Since I moved to Luxembourg, the national holiday for the Grand Duc's birthday on June 23. Or to be more precise, the party on the eve of the national holiday.

Starting from 16:00 on June 22, all of the town centre gets closed off and a big party starts, capped off by fireworks.

The actual national holiday on June 23 is for all the official malarkey such as a Te Deum and other boring things, and more importantly to nurse your hangover ;)

khmellymel

We actually stay home during the summers now.  My boyfriend hates sun/heat and lots of places are obviously like this in the summer!  But we have the Film, Fringe, Book and International Festivals in the city so my favourite summer activity has got to be the beer gardens that crop up on all the city streets (even if I don't drink beer).

snowhitie

Another vote for Barbies (the eating kind not the dolls), had a lovely one last night.



Enjoy your memorial day weekend to the US-peeps, Whitsun over here so national holiday on Monday as well.

Thanks for hosting.

mmozzano

Yeah can't say I have one either, just the usual BBQs, cutting the grass every week or two and spending lots of times outdoors (either in the garden or in mountains) 

ecmo47

4th of July fireworks over the water and eating fresh tomatoes and watermelon.

leetshoe

The kids being out of school (because it's nice and quiet at work without them around)

ricecake

As a Maryland transplant, it is now my girlfriend's family's annual crab feast.

BillyBricks84

I'm a teacher, so my tradition is staying away from large groups of children for 2 months. 

Coolguy5000

Beach and barbecue!

redarmy

Spending months deciding where we want to go on holiday..then never seemingly going anywhere..

Bumblepants

We will be in the States some again finally so taking the kids to a Rangers baseball game or two and seeing if we can tackle the 2lb. Boomstick hotdog. Then follow up with the secondary traditional feeling gross afterwards.

teal93mr2

Disc Golf in the deep woods!

Bricklover18

Hammocking with some of my good friends. 

vizzitor

The scramble to beaches, parks, woodlands, campsites, sporting activities of all kinds etc when the weather report has that unfamiliar lone yellow ball on the map with none of it's usual accompanying grey, fluffy, leaky friends.

Being from Ireland, these "summers" are any 2-3 days above 21C (70F) heat that include a weekend.

Rainstorm26

Big Family Birthday Bash in August where we have about 5 Birthdays

catwrangler

I can't really deal with heat above 20 degrees, so filling one drawer of the freezer with icecream and ice lollies is less a tradition than a survival mechanism!

Goldchains

I really hate the summer myself, but Cincinnati has the Riverfest every year on Labor Day weekend.  It has a fireworks show that is unmatched and is attended by a million people.  It's fairly impressive.

thenos

Getting my grilling going