Monthly Archive for October, 2006

day 4

no pictures today, sorry.
We successfully woke up early this morning with the intent to go fishing.

Then we had monkey sex and fell back asleep.

We did eventually drag our sorry asses out of bed and pack up the car with our fishing gear. The day was windy, like yesterday, but warmer and sunnier. Still, the gulf side of the island was all turbulent waves. We headed for the bay side of the island, where the water was calmer.

We fished all day. My fingers were covered with shrimp and squid guts from the bait…hence…no pictures. I didn’t want to get that shit on my camera.

Sadly, all we caught with our poles were small, inedible fish - mostly pinfish, and one croaker, which LOOKS like the pinfish except it kept making creepy croaking noises as I pulled out the hook.

Even though they’re inedible, we plan to use them as bait fish for the next time we go fishing - off the pier. Maybe we’ll catch something worth eating!

I should ALSO mention, that the majority of the fish catching today was done by ME. I have that magic touch, I guess. not to deprive Kev of his masculinity completely - he caught a few - hehehehehe. However, my right arm is now SORE AS FUCK. Which means Kev will have to take care of his own business for the next day or two ;)

We found a crab trap in the house, and managed to use it to catch one big motherfucking blue crab. Only one, but Kev left the trap in a tidal pool overnight, so maybe there will be more waiting for us tomorrow. Anyway, it was rather horrifying to watch Kev disembowel the hapless creature before dousing it with melted butter and wrapping it in foil, ready for the grill.* However, the crab was DELICIOUS. We ate it along with grilled steaks and the shrimp we bought out the back of a van (actually, a TRAILER) from a dirty and hairy guy who does his own shrimping.

Florida is awesome.

*while I seem to enjoy the process of catching food and certainly enjoy eating food…the part in between those two seems to squik the hell out of me.

Day 3

it was windy and grey today

view from the balcony

so we did some exploring

bridge to st george fishing pier Kev on the rocks 2

and drove in to apalachicola to do some walking around
grady market oyster shells! creepy carved vfisherman buddy boys tires shrimp boats shrimpin' more shrimp boatsstrike a pose

and then later, I went for a walk on the beach

turbulance stranded jellyfish reflected sky

Day 2

1st argument of the week

“what kind of shoes did you bring?”

“sandals and flip flops”

“what?? you’re supposed to bring a variety of shoes on vacation!”

“but…this is the BEACH!”

“still…you need to be prepared! what if…I don’t know…we walked around a mall?”

“I would wear sandals. I’ve worn sandals all summer.”

later, after being introduced to the intense pain that are sand spurs.

“ow! ow ow ow! get it off GET IT OFF!”

“I told you that you should have brought better shoes.”

“but…you didn’t tell me there would be STICKY JAGGED SPIKEY BALLS OF PAIN growing everywhere!!!”

“I didn’t remember, I haven’t lived in florida for years”

“uh huh…WE’RE AT THE BEACH! WHO BRINGS HIKING BOOTS TO THE BEACH???”

“you do if you don’t want sand spurs”

“shut up”

piper for the feet people

waves

WHOOSH!

casting

crabby

beeeeer but chikin'

his favoritest thing

day 1

the dog biscuits
infamous dog biscuits

the packing
full trunk

full backseat

the drive

road trip

the cotton

cotton pickin'

the state o’ Jeb

welcome to florida

the bridge!
see the bridge?

the house

the rental house

the water!
wet feet

the walk…full of sand spurs. ouch.

looking back

the Kev

kev in the waves

the me

standing on the beach

the sunset

beach sunset

florida bound

by the time this gets posted, we should be well on our way. we packed most of our stuff last night - you would not believe how much stuff we can cram into the trunk of a camry. And in the back seat. It’s just as well Sadie isn’t coming with us - we would have had to strap her to the roof!

the weather forecast is looking warm…but…possibly stormy. *sigh* doesn’t matter. I’m getting my beach on if I have to sit through a HURRICANE to do it!

so all this week, while you’re at work, or washing dishes, or waiting in a long line at Target…

think of Kev and me….

here.