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An Exciting Day

Yesterday was a special day and exciting day. I enjoyed a couple of unique experiences. During my bike ride I was attempting to set my iPod. I thought that I could do it while continuing to ride which is not unusual. Only this time I needed both hands. It seem perfectly reasonable to ride briefly with no hands. Wrong! In a split second it was apparent to me that I was going to die. Fortunately, I was wrong. I only took a spill on to the side of the paved trail. I managed to come out with only cuts, bruises and scratches on my left arm and leg and ego. It looks pretty gross (no pictures) but nothing serious. I only wish someone had videoed it so I could submit it as a stupid human trick.

The other experience was our dinner with Rod and Brenda from the Central Church in Sarasota where we attend while here. Knowing that he enjoyed playing, I asked Rod to bring his guitar and play for us. Ann fixed a great dinner and afterwards we had a great visit and Rod and Brenda both played guitars and sang for us. They are very good and it was a most pleasant experience.

Today we went to Sarasota for our last Sunday there this year. I taught my final class. We had lunch at our special Chinese buffet and returned home. We will be going back to Sarasota to have dinner this evening with Jerry Page and his brother and sister-in-law, David and Sophia. Jerry is in town for a men’s spiritual encounter. They are all special to us and I’m looking forward to the evening.

Day of Fishing

Yesterday we went “deep sea” fishing on the Placida Queen. Actually it is better described as bottom fishing in the gulf. It was a great day but the fish were scarce. Ann and I caught 5 or 6 between us. No keepers. Bob and Carla and Ron and Jean were with us. It was a long day but enjoyable. Next time I will schedule a trip when the fish are biting.

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Sunday Afternoon Fishing

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Ann and I visited with Ron and Jean Like yesterday afternoon in Venice. Ron and I went fishing at the jetty in Venice. Ann and Jean enjoyed the beach and pool. Later they walked to the jetty and visited with us while we fished. I caught a lot small fish. Ron had the catch of the day with sheepshead shown above. He also caught the strange looking fish. There were lots of them eating our bait. I’ve not been able to identify it as of yet.

We are going gulf fishing Wednesday. We’ll be bottom fishing on a party boat. Looks like the weather is going to be really nice.

Fishing Women

Today was a milestone. Ann’s mother (88 yrs) caught her first fish ever. Her granddaughter, Teresa, caught her first fish ever. Then Ann caught another snook. I caught some shrimp in the bait bucket and put them on the hook.

It was a beautiful day and great fun fishing. I still haven’t been able to train Ann’s mother to “reel and then squeal”.

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