11/21/07 fishing

Went out early and could not find the speckled trout I'd heard about, couldn't find the grey trout I'd found earlier, had to hunt and finally caught a nice mess of greys for us, Pop and Dink for tonight. Included in the menu were a few really nice hogfish

Afterwards I went outside and found same Fat Alberts all around the inlet; unfortunately they were very picky and I caught the same amount of FA's as I did gulls; 1.

There is a lot of small bait (<1")>

I know this is a trite thing to watch, but I hope it will never get so hackneyed that I don't enjoy watching the dolphins splash around; it's still a thrill to me at 52

There was also a whale in the area but I didn't get any video, as there was a plane overhead and you're not supposed to get very close to them!

Florida

This week Terri and I went to the ARI meeting at the Ocean Reef Club outside Key Largo, and then down to Key West for a day of fun. Pretty, warm weather wherever we went; and of course we had to go to Mallory Square to watch the sun settle into the ocean in the west.

As toursity as it seems, it was a lot of fun watching the street performers and then hearing the sun sizzle as it dipped into the west. Key West is much more hygenic than I remembered it; still a lot of bums at the ends of their collective roads, and a Jimmy Buffett wannabe in every bar and/or restaurant.

Good meeting, nice to relax for an extra day, and believe it or not, I played tennis twice. More on that later

Cooper !!!



Had the opportunity to go to Sanford on business Wednesday, and late that afternoon got to see our grandson Cooper.

He's learning to wave bye-bye to himself

and playing with his grandfather's camera bag

Last football game for the year!

Jackson played in his last football game for the year last night (11/01/07) and it was a victory against Washington that gave West Carteret a winning season.
His first punt pinned Washington inside the 5, and West was able to get a safety from there.

His next punt was blocked but still got 20 yards

At the end of the game we displayed some unsportsmanlike conduct and had a couple of players ejected. Jackson went in and made a tackle to keep Washington from converting on a two point play which could have put them back in the game. Not a good video but Jackson has the runner.........

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Then with 8 seconds to go in the game, although he threatened to run, he punted his last one for the season.

West Carteret football is not unlike Duke's; we're very happy with 6 wins in one year. This class plans to take the winning tradition to the varsity next year