Popeye
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We left for Texas the morning of Sept 2nd. I had to work the night before (my 50th birthday) so when I got off work I went home and showered and then laid down for a nap. We ended up hitting the road about 10:30am with my wife driving and me dozing in the passenger seat. We took my Trailblazer instead of the wife’s Silverado partly for MPG reasons but also because 2 days before we left my wife told me her truck was making a strange noise. Further investigation revealed both from wheel bearings were making grinding noises. 2003 with 70,000 miles and both wheel bearings go out!!! I didn’t have the time to change them so we decided on taking the Trailblazer. We didn’t deviate much from our plan of driving straight through. We did stop to sit down for dinner at a Dairy Queen but other than that we only stopped when we needed gas.
Once we got there we headed over to our house and unloaded the Truck and then headed over to see the new grandkid. 20” and 6lb 8.5oz. Bentley Cole Ross is his name but they are going to call him Cole. My questions is why not just name him Cole? Met the father (daughter’s boyfriend) and he seemed ok (key word is seemed). Visited with just about everyone from my wife’s side of the family and most are doing pretty well.
I didn’t get to fish as much as I really wanted to because we were busy being the chauffeur for the daughter, taking her to all her doctor appointments and such. I did take one fishing pole down there, a BPS Cranking stick and used it for Redfish fishing. Prolly not the smartest thing. The very first fish I hooked broke the rod between the 4th and 5th guides. Fish was only a 19” Red but he sure did hit hard. Anyhow the Son-in-Law had several spinning rods he let me use. Never did get to catch a keeper Redfish but one night my Brother-in-Law and I went out and managed to get 5 nice Flounder before his generator crapped out and we had to all it a night. My Daughter and Son-in-Law went out the same night in a different area and stayed out longer and then ended up with 7 fish. I still had the biggest one at 24”.
Drove by and saw the USS Lexington
We got a little closer but the wife didn’t want to walk that much so we didn’t take the tour. Maybe next time I can get one of the other relatives to go take the tour with me.
Saw a really neat building and later found out it is a souvenir shop
We rode the Port Aransas ferry
And drove on the beach
We saw a metric butt ton of humming birds at my Brother-in-Law’s house. There were times that there were 8-9 Hummers at the feeder. Every time I tried to get a shot most flew off.
Nicole really wanted the baby. Every time he was there she was all over him.
Here’s me with the new guy
Come on, tell my Jimmy Durante doesn’t come to mind. His nose isn’t the only thing that is disproportionally large. He has really long fingers and feet among other attributes.
The Flounder my Brother-in-Law and I got
Daughter and Son-in-Law’s flounder
My 24” Flounder
After we got back and got settled in I had to work a couple days and them was sent to Johnson City, TN to do a thermalgraphic survey of our energy center at the Mountain Home VA complex. That’s some nice looking country there. Next year I’m staying an extra day and bringing a fishing pole.
Last Saturday my wife and I were coming back from some grocery shopping and she asked if I had cut a padlock off something. I asked her what she was talking about and she pointed to a cut padlock lying on the ground. I said that’s the lock on the Honda outboard hanging on the fence. We both looked at the fence and saw no motor hanging there. Some low life scum bass turd cut the lock and stole my Honda outboard during the night. The unscrewed the flood light bulbs and cut the lock. Now this really pisses me off. I would have been even more pissed off if they had expended the same amount of energy and stole the new Tohatsu 8hp off my boat. The Honda has bad fuel pump and I hope they are in the middle of a lake and some severe weather kicks up and they get stranded out there. The police said there really isn’t a lot they can do but will let me know if they hear something. I’m going around posting reward posters for the arrest and execution of the perpetrator/s.
Now the weather here hasn’t been too conducive to fishing on my days off. Salmon season is about done and we are going camping in Lena, IL this weekend. Hopefully I can get some Walleye fishing in before it gets too late. Then it’s time to start planning the hard water attack. Thought about trying my hand at the NAIFC this year. They have a qualifier on one of the local lakes. Not sure if I can work out getting time off to fish the final if I qualify though.
That’s about all that has been going on with me lately.
(well that's not exactly correct but that stuff can wait)
Once we got there we headed over to our house and unloaded the Truck and then headed over to see the new grandkid. 20” and 6lb 8.5oz. Bentley Cole Ross is his name but they are going to call him Cole. My questions is why not just name him Cole? Met the father (daughter’s boyfriend) and he seemed ok (key word is seemed). Visited with just about everyone from my wife’s side of the family and most are doing pretty well.
I didn’t get to fish as much as I really wanted to because we were busy being the chauffeur for the daughter, taking her to all her doctor appointments and such. I did take one fishing pole down there, a BPS Cranking stick and used it for Redfish fishing. Prolly not the smartest thing. The very first fish I hooked broke the rod between the 4th and 5th guides. Fish was only a 19” Red but he sure did hit hard. Anyhow the Son-in-Law had several spinning rods he let me use. Never did get to catch a keeper Redfish but one night my Brother-in-Law and I went out and managed to get 5 nice Flounder before his generator crapped out and we had to all it a night. My Daughter and Son-in-Law went out the same night in a different area and stayed out longer and then ended up with 7 fish. I still had the biggest one at 24”.
Drove by and saw the USS Lexington
We got a little closer but the wife didn’t want to walk that much so we didn’t take the tour. Maybe next time I can get one of the other relatives to go take the tour with me.
Saw a really neat building and later found out it is a souvenir shop
We rode the Port Aransas ferry
And drove on the beach
We saw a metric butt ton of humming birds at my Brother-in-Law’s house. There were times that there were 8-9 Hummers at the feeder. Every time I tried to get a shot most flew off.
Nicole really wanted the baby. Every time he was there she was all over him.
Here’s me with the new guy
Come on, tell my Jimmy Durante doesn’t come to mind. His nose isn’t the only thing that is disproportionally large. He has really long fingers and feet among other attributes.
The Flounder my Brother-in-Law and I got
Daughter and Son-in-Law’s flounder
My 24” Flounder
After we got back and got settled in I had to work a couple days and them was sent to Johnson City, TN to do a thermalgraphic survey of our energy center at the Mountain Home VA complex. That’s some nice looking country there. Next year I’m staying an extra day and bringing a fishing pole.
Last Saturday my wife and I were coming back from some grocery shopping and she asked if I had cut a padlock off something. I asked her what she was talking about and she pointed to a cut padlock lying on the ground. I said that’s the lock on the Honda outboard hanging on the fence. We both looked at the fence and saw no motor hanging there. Some low life scum bass turd cut the lock and stole my Honda outboard during the night. The unscrewed the flood light bulbs and cut the lock. Now this really pisses me off. I would have been even more pissed off if they had expended the same amount of energy and stole the new Tohatsu 8hp off my boat. The Honda has bad fuel pump and I hope they are in the middle of a lake and some severe weather kicks up and they get stranded out there. The police said there really isn’t a lot they can do but will let me know if they hear something. I’m going around posting reward posters for the arrest and execution of the perpetrator/s.
Now the weather here hasn’t been too conducive to fishing on my days off. Salmon season is about done and we are going camping in Lena, IL this weekend. Hopefully I can get some Walleye fishing in before it gets too late. Then it’s time to start planning the hard water attack. Thought about trying my hand at the NAIFC this year. They have a qualifier on one of the local lakes. Not sure if I can work out getting time off to fish the final if I qualify though.
That’s about all that has been going on with me lately.
(well that's not exactly correct but that stuff can wait)
it's gonna be a fun time 
