April 27, 2012
Polk Salad Annie
...................got your grannie, chomp......... chomp chomp chomp
The Fishin Optishin and I took off last Friday for fishing in southern Florida in celebration of our collective birthdays. Odd that more than one person warned Bobby to not let me stop at the free orange juice stand, he would regret it otherwise. I must have a reputation.
The ride down was especially fun for Bobby as I amused him with some of my new material. Or at least I thought it was some of my new material; seems as though my memory is about as long as my..............well let's just say it isn't very long, or good either for that matter. (So what's the deal with the peanuts on the airplane, I mean come on, can they put them in a smaller bag?) Hahahaha, sorry, that still cracks me up. (And why does the pilot come on the intercom to tell us what he's doing? I mean come on, do I go knock on the door and tell him I'm eating peanuts from a tiny bag?) [editor's note, in proofing this entry I laughed each time I got to this part] Anyway, as usual I digress. We got to Lake Okeechobee or somewhere near it and stopped to enjoy the exotic scenery. Usually when I travel with someone in my family who will go unnamed (OK enough with the torture it is SWMBO) I'm too busy looking for a clean bathroom; or actually A bathroom in most cases. But we stopped and looked a couple of times, then pulled over at a boat landing and saw this toothy gator-critter. Two of them in fact; they kept looking at us like they were perusing the menu at Denny's (why I ask? Moons Over My-Hammy with grits). Neat to see them and Bobby tried to wear out his new camera with lots of shots.
We also saw a group of feral pigs. What's that you say Arnold? Looks like a couple of city slickers heading down to the swamp? Say you saw one of them "smoking a pork butt" and bragging about it? Say you want to hear some albino banjo music?
Long story short.......................hard to believe but we went all the way down there, got to Clewiston and had rain that made Noah sweat and ask me what the hell is a cubit? Anyway, we dutifully got up and met our guide at 6:00 AM only to have him tell us:
1) He doesn't want to go fishing
2) He really means it; he didn't bring his boat!
I think he really meant it, and we wanted this to be fun, so we scratched the trip and headed home. Not a total washout though, it was fun to have another road trip under our belts, we got some good information from our new wet friend, and we plan to go back, maybe in November.
On the way home we were the only tourists who stopped and bought oranges (hey, where is the free OJ? ......................................YOU GO NOW!)
and also at the Daytona International Speedway. That was a neat tour, went into the infield and into the towers. It was a long day, got home late and slept late the next day, but alas...........
from the warped mind of George Takei:
And that's it for this week; off to Richmond tomorrow to help Jackson celebrate his 21st birthday in fine style. Next week, as I try to do every year I will work in and around Charlotte. Wonder what else is happening in that area Thursday through Sunday (http://www.wellsfargochampionship.com/Home.aspx) Justin and I plan to go to the course with customers on Thursday then it's back to work Friday, end up in Rockingham that night (as my wife and mother-in-law celebrate Laurie's graduation), up to Sanford Saturday for Keelyn's second birthday, home that night so I can serve Communion Sunday morning. Wow, I'm tired just thinking about it.
Happy 21st birthday Jackson, we beeeees so very proud of you!
Happy 21st birthday Jackson, we beeeees so very proud of you!
2 comments:
Well, who knew that when one of my customers that regularly fishes in FLW tournaments said when I told him about our planned trip to Lake Okeechobee, "Ah, so you're fishing the 'Big O'" that the "Big O" would be the number of fish we would catch after a fourteen hour drive?
Mother nature will have her way and in Florida she will have her way anytime she wants regardless of the weather forecast.
And, after covering nearly 1700 miles in about 28 actual hours on the road with John over a 40 hour period (you math majors are probably wondering what direction the train was travelling in by now) I now know the following:
1. If he thinks you are dozing off he will ask you a question.
2. If you don't respond to the question he will hit the brakes and jerk the wheel.
3. When you wake up and look at him all pissed he pretends like he is talking on the phone. (This would have been much more effective if he had actually been holding a phone in his hand at the time.)
4. He will never ever tell the same story twice. Three times, four times, yes, but not just twice.
5. If he wants to stop and drink orange juice...don't let him.
It was a good time.
Thank you.
Happy Bday Jackson! Marie and I are very, very proud of you!
Lies, lies, lies!!!
Let's go through these malisiciuos charges one by one your honor:
1) ok, that one is true
2) not necessarily both things, usually only one
3) ok, that one is true
4) weellllllllllllll, yes; but only because I thought that perhaps you forgot. And also it's kinda like listening to your favorite song, I assume everyone likes to hear it again..........
5) ok that one is true too, but at least that story didn't end with the total destruction of a Weiner King franchise, it was harmless enough
Can't wait to go again,I'm putting some new material together which will include magic tricks, fire illusions and a stunt car show where the rider gets to participate, should be fun
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