Our last-minute decision to have a barbecue has become a quest to find [*"for finding" is okay and easily understood, but "to find" may flow better here] a place to set up the fire. The public beaches are totally overcrowded, and security turned us away. So, I'm sitting in the car with a bottle of cider and waiting [while my man solves (or, for my man to solve)] the problem. In any case, the weather is awesome. I'm relaxed and ready for the next adventure!

Sod's law

When a spontaneous barbecue becomes a quest to finding a place to set up the fire.
All the public beaches are totally crowded and the security turns us away. So, I'm sitting in the car with a bottle of cider and waiting while my man solves the problem.  

In any case, the weather is awesome, I'm relaxed and ready for future adventures!