\u00c2\u00a0The faux pas (sp)\u00c2\u00a0go on.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I went down to Boca Grande to see some longtime friends. We talked some (I should\u00c2\u00a0say I talked a lot and they tried to get words in occasionally) before George and I went out and took the fishing rods for a ride. It was a beautiful day and we talked about everything including the taboo subjects of politics and religion (I did catch George inserting ear plugs once).<\/p>\n
Two problems. One is that I had explained to them about some lingering problems from the bike dive (judged scored a 7.5 out of 10 due to the poor landing) including problems with multi-tasking. The area we were trolling had clumps of sea grass or weeds or whatever it’s called and George spent quite a bit of time cleaning off the baits. While he was doing that I got to steer the boat (happy as a little kid driving the car at age 14).<\/p>\n
We trolled on the edge of a sand bar back and forth. You fishermen know that is the place where\u00c2\u00a0predator fish often\u00c2\u00a0hang out. I think it’s\u00c2\u00a0either because the bait fish are in the shallow water and the predators rush in for a quick meal and retreat to the safety of deep\u00c2\u00a0water or they lurk there for the bait fish that have bumped their heads against a dock and wander to the danger zone. Anyway, I couldn’t stop talking\u00c2\u00a0but, since I can’t do two things at once, realized after a while\u00c2\u00a0that we had wandered\u00c2\u00a0onto the sand bar and were trolling in five feet\u00c2\u00a0of sandy clear water.\u00c2\u00a0I wonder why we were skunked.<\/p>\n
Problem number two. I’ve fished all of my life and learned at a very young age (fishing off the pier at St. Joe for perch) that sun block is necessary on every trip. I didn’t think\u00c2\u00a0about it until after we got back in and my neck felt a little hot. After\u00c2\u00a0I got in bed it seemed to get hotter by the minute and this morning isn’t very comfortable. As a side note I wore a long sleeved shirt (even on hot days it can be very cool on the water – wind blowing over cold water but no science lesson -takes too long) and had pushed the sleeves up.\u00c2\u00a0The lower third of my arms are red and the rest has a two week old light tan. Not quite as embarrassing as falling asleep on the beach in St. Joe with my hand on my stomach but\u00c2\u00a0let’s not go there.<\/p>\n
Barb and Ernie Strong have offered to keep an eye on me today so I’m on my way to Sun City Center.<\/p>\n
Just Jack<\/p>\n
P.S. – Barbara and George helped me pack up my handful of clothes when I left to come back to Venice. We finally found my cell phone in the bathroom (no, I didn’t talk to anyone while I sat on the can – I’m not sure why it was there).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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