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Go Fishing!


Go Fishing!

So Nationals 2006,
Ft Pierce Florida,
I love this place,
I hate this place,
ARG!
You would think a pirate themed weekend would set the stage for a tale of many offshore adventures,
not to get me wrong, there was our bounty's share of rum drinking,
and pirating,
and prankstering,
lots of photo's none of fish,
let me assure you,
no fish were actually killed, harmed, or caught
and the characters names have been changed to protect their identity....
well, maybe a few (like 10) small sharks got a bit of a sore mouth,
but we had fun,
good music,
photo's will show me landing off the ocean at the airport in west palm beach,
which I was totally mesmerized by,
cool watching the engines ignite as the landing gear came out,
and it got noisy, and it was cool,
who knew a day later, I would see the space shuttle launch into the air,
high above the ocean,
with a trail of smoke that disappeared as quickly as
the tiny spaceship did at sound defying speeds.
cape canaveral space center is just miles up the ocean from where we fished,

jan and chris chase waited and picked me up at the airport thursday,
my crazy michigan partners in giggles and crimes,
jan wore her lucky green bandana all weekend,
from her 'boo bag' from hatteras...
and it garnered her the lucky 5th place finish in the tournament,
cudo's my friends,
and thanks for assisting me in the prank on forrest and pam taylor


hard to get too upset about not catching fish,
when you see a sun rise over the bahama's like that,
awesome,
cannot put into words the feeling you get when you see that
happening over the ocean,
the colors melt into each other as the heat of the sun transforms
orange to pink, pink ,to lavender, then lavender to gold-amazing !

it was awesome,
and this weekend,
though not the finish I expected,
was filled with moments I would not trade for anything,

great friends,
lots of love and laughs,
and always,smiles-
happy holidays to all,
safe travels,
and sweet dreams......

key west less than 8 weeks aways,
hey captain tony,
I am on my way......
(sshhhhh to the local police:)


sk

Hatteras-tuna time

Go Fishing!

Well, here we are in hatteras, north carolina,
the outer banks.
Had to drive the EXTRA 6 hours around and down to get here,
wind was blowing 35-55 mph, so the car ferry from cedar point was closed,
that was fun after a night of mechanical bullriding!
Got a few days of great fishing in though,
caught and lost and released a couple dozen yellowfin tuna,
chilled it and ate sashimi right there on the boat with some homemade WASABI!
So good, so fresh!
Had a bunch of hammerhead sharks, big ones, like 600-800 pounds,
chasing our baits, I got some unbelievable video of one of the sharks
coming right up to our engines, it was cool!
Had a great time with the lucys folks, we had a hippie pool party,
a hot tub extravaganza, some awesome fishing, a super fun costume party on
halloween, and most excellent food, each couple took a night to cook,
good friends, great times!
House is on the beach with 8 bedrooms, a sports bar, a theatre, a workout room, an outside fireplace, and a swim up bar in the pool, but water was cold!
Spending a few more days of quality time with the friends, kids, babies, and stuff, getting ready for nationals in beautiful Ft Pierce Florida week after next.

Stay Tuned for more fishing!!!!

smiles-
susan and crew
missy and britt, chris and jan, stephanie,jason, and baby z (4 weeks today),
phil, kelly, and dylan, jen and don, erica and chris robinson-
what a fun group of friends!
thank you all for being a part of our vacation!