I’m not an outdoorsman, as I detest bugs, heat, and the open water. Never been much of a fan of fishing either. It always struck me as too quiet, isolated, and dull. I guess if you usually have a big catch with an effort to reel it in, it could have been considered fun. But I’ve never caught anything over 4lbs, and the mosquitoes have always been brutal. Not much of a draw as far as I’m concerned.
My kids, however, love it for about 15-20 minutes at a time. So we give’em what we got so as not to spoil that for them. Hence, entry into the derby. Woke up early on a saturday, had the plans changed on us by the flake (as per usual), so that I had to drive the kids, kicking & screaming over to the never before visited marina, later than I’d like because the flake requested to not have to take them before 8:45am, and then backed out “for reasons”, leaving it to me. Got in to registration just under the wire. Now have less than two hours to get all three kids to catch a fish, change shirts, head back over to the marine to have catches weighed before 11:00am cut-off. Whee!
Once again, not my idea, but it is now my problem. Thanks for that. I’m just lucky I suppose. I set an alarm for this morning, only it was set for week days and not a Saturday. Had to get up to pee and saw the time. Overslept by five minutes! Yikes! Kids were slow moving so it wasn’t a big deal, luckily.
Anyway, how is your Saturday morning going? Mine is fun, fun, fun. Big smiles all around.
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