I did get my FL fishing license yesterday and plan to start hitting the lake down the street early each morning. I finally have my canoe back, and the Jeep has a roof rack, so I can get it down to the water. One of my former, and I'm sure it will be again, favorite times of the day was sitting in my canoe watching the sun come up before I started hunting largemouth bass. I'm hoping to pick up on my old motto too...feared by bass, revered by fishermen, loved by women! Actually the last part sort of has me mystified. It comes in spurts and has started again. I get these complete strangers (all women) coming up and asking if they can rub my head. Maybe I'm brain dead but I don't get it. But my son Matt told me how to answer them. "And maybe I can dip my bald head in oil and rub it all over your body!"... ala George Costanza from Seinfeld. i'll have to try it next time it happens.
In one of my earlier posts I mentioned that my son Rich was trying to schedule a vacation and head north to see the fall leaves. Well after much turmoil at work he finally got his approval. So we leave next Tuesday morning (10/13) for 10 days. Since I've always wanted to see Gettysburg I figured we'd kill a few birds with one stone. My sister Eileen lives in Charlotte and we can pass right through there on our way north and see her and her family for the night by driving up I-81. That will take us through NC, WV, VA mountains; MD and into PA. After Gettysburg we can continue heading north into NY state. We should have a couple of chances to see the fall colors.
I picked up my new (well '05) Jeep Grand Cherokee today. I actually bought it yesterday but there was a problem with the driver's seat belt. So that got fixed today. I didn't get the color that I wanted but I got me a big ol' honkin' 5.7 litre Hemi engine! Plus the 4WD I was looking for as well as the large towing capacity that I need. It's red though and it was far from my 1st choice of color. But it's growing on me. All the extras make up for the color. It's got a sunroof too which will help vent my cigar smoke. I tested it out on the way home from dinner with my son Matt tonight. We went to Fishbone's thinking we'd both order the bouillabaisse but we had everything but. We found out it was happy hour and all the sushi and appetizers were 1/2 price. So 3 dozen raw oysters, 3 dozen oak grilled oysters, 4 orders of really spicy volcano roll, 2 orders of calamari, 2 tuna tacos, and more than a few shots and beers later we rolled ourselves out the door. We were celebrating matt's getting hired today as a full time chef at the Grand Floridian Hotel in Disney World and my retirement. So, needless to say, I'll be driving west and south by myself. Circumstances beyond his control forced him to call his former boss at the Kona Steakhouse at the Polynesian Hotel and ask about available positions. The guy got really excited and told Matt he was actually firing a chef that night. Thus Matt's new position.
Well it's time I laid my bald head down and get some sleep. I plan to get up at 6am and watch NASA bomb the south pole of the moon to see if they can prove that there is water in the dust.
