Later at the hotel....
That life preserver wasn't just for show....
These are pictures of the 2005 McCracken family reunion.
There were McCracken's from all over the map, even me from Paris. I met a lot of cousins for the first time. A cascade of ice cold rainwater would dump down your back as you went through the screen door leaving Pat's kitchen to the backyard party tent, the house's own prank!
Because of the heavy rain and difficult driving, many of us left early to go to our hotel which was flooded. We stayed up late in the lobby lounge and some played pool, others joked and chatted about world events, music, and sump pumps.