Sunday, October 4, 2009

Livin' the life

The kids all wanted me to be sure to post on the blog the story of our day. After church today (with timely readings and homily on marriage and family), we rented a pontoon boat at the Air Force base. Our plans were almost sabotaged by rain and by the fact that the only pontoon available was the "nice" one, which you can't fish on.  But we decided to risk the rain and the dockhands said we could use the shrimp net as long as we didn't get the boat dirty. So off we set, for a glorious few hours boating around the bay. It's not the most beautiful boating place, but the kids had fun picking out the mansion they wanted for their own, and each got a turn to steer the boat. Highlights were catching 7 keeper mullets in the net (and a few small ones) - 4 in one cast by Dan - and almost hitting a dolphin. It crested right in front of the pontoon, close enough to see his eye and blowhole.  We docked the boat and unloaded just as a downpour dumped gallons, washing away all the scaly evidence of our furtive fishing.

We capped off the day with a delicious fish and rice dinner, followed by Moo Bars, and watching everyone's favorite show, Extreme Home Makeover.

Wish I had more photos, but we didn't take the camera out of fear of rain.


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