Without going into great detail of why I was there, with the exception
of watching my daughter play vollyball on the USA team, I probably
wouldn't ahve gone, but got to see some massively huge water craft
there. Outside our motell room there was the omni present scenery of
an aircraft carrier and some cargo ships and tankers. What I really
wanted to do was while I was there was to take a sea fishing cruise
and see if I could land a sailfish or some other sal****er beast.
Around where I live if you catch a 14 lb catfish it's a monster. of
course the people on the 48 ft. Hatteras boats use bigger stuff than
that for bait. I was even willing to pay out the $550.00 for a 4 hr
fishing tour, but the timing wouldn't have permitted it. My daughters
games were twice a day with 4 hr intervals, plus the games were "3 out
of 5" and usually took up a couple hrs per game. I liked watching the
games but concerning a good fishing schedule, it was my bad luck for
the days spent there.

But one of my parts suppliers is in Miami and my favorite sales guy,
Chris is in the area, I had never met him but have talked with him
weekly for the past 10 years. I was able to get in touch with him and
meet up with he and his family, so my wife and I went out to supper
with them. I got great lobster. but the cracking tool the place
provided really sucked, so I believe if I ever eat lobster like that
again, I'll bring my own pair of Channel-Locks.

Anyhow, besides the great time with good company, I'm planning on
going back there this winter, and probably to the Keys with Chis, his
dad, and a couple other guys an myself and hopefully we will hit the
blue water and see if we can land something big!

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:14:57 -0700, Tim wrote:

Without going into great detail of why I was there, with the exception
of watching my daughter play vollyball on the USA team, I probably
wouldn't ahve gone, but got to see some massively huge water craft
there. Outside our motell room there was the omni present scenery of
an aircraft carrier and some cargo ships and tankers. What I really
wanted to do was while I was there was to take a sea fishing cruise
and see if I could land a sailfish or some other sal****er beast.
Around where I live if you catch a 14 lb catfish it's a monster. of
course the people on the 48 ft. Hatteras boats use bigger stuff than
that for bait. I was even willing to pay out the $550.00 for a 4 hr
fishing tour, but the timing wouldn't have permitted it. My daughters
games were twice a day with 4 hr intervals, plus the games were "3 out
of 5" and usually took up a couple hrs per game. I liked watching the
games but concerning a good fishing schedule, it was my bad luck for
the days spent there.

But one of my parts suppliers is in Miami and my favorite sales guy,
Chris is in the area, I had never met him but have talked with him
weekly for the past 10 years. I was able to get in touch with him and
meet up with he and his family, so my wife and I went out to supper
with them. I got great lobster. but the cracking tool the place
provided really sucked, so I believe if I ever eat lobster like that
again, I'll bring my own pair of Channel-Locks.

Anyhow, besides the great time with good company, I'm planning on
going back there this winter, and probably to the Keys with Chis, his
dad, and a couple other guys an myself and hopefully we will hit the
blue water and see if we can land something big!

Glad to hear all went well! How did your daughter's team do? Your lobster
experience is another reason to carry a Leatherman everywhere you go
(except on the plane)!
--
John H

On Jul 27, 7:37 pm, John H. wrote:


Glad to hear all went well! How did your daughter's team do? Your lobster
experience is another reason to carry a Leatherman everywhere you go
(except on the plane)!
--
John H-

Actually, she did quite well. She played on the USA Volleyball
National Indoor High Performance league and out of something like 43
teams, hers finished in 5th place. That was competing against teams
from NZ, a couple teams from Canada, as well as puerto Rico, the
Domminican Republic, and Venezuala.

She has ben invited to return next year and to compete again on the
Int'l level. I'm pretty proud of her and seeing she will be 17 next
month.

What was actually the best time of the trip was seeing her last game
was over about 2:00 pm, she wanted to go to the beach witch was only
about a block away from our motel. she was picking up sea shells like
she was 12 and having a blast, but I noticed she kept looking over her
shoulder... Beach Vollyball! 2 to 4 person teams. I knew what she
was thinking, and told her that if she just asked, she could probably
get in a game. she was shy about it,but went anyhow,and the next thing
I knew she was playing with the best of them. Having a blast, while I
was drowning myself in salty waves trying to find shells.

After a couple hrs, and more shells than I could carry, It was getting
dark, so I walked over to her and said it was time to head in. She
was disapointed to quit, because she was having too much fun playing
volleyball, without having the pressures of competition.

Anyhow. So much for volleyball shells and salt drownings.

The idea of a leatherman is good John, you would have to stow it in
the luggage, and probably still have your baggage searched. But yes,
it would do wonders on shell fish!

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:06:47 -0000, Tim wrote:

On Jul 27, 7:37 pm, John H. wrote:


Glad to hear all went well! How did your daughter's team do? Your lobster
experience is another reason to carry a Leatherman everywhere you go
(except on the plane)!
--
John H-

Actually, she did quite well. She played on the USA Volleyball
National Indoor High Performance league and out of something like 43
teams, hers finished in 5th place. That was competing against teams
from NZ, a couple teams from Canada, as well as puerto Rico, the
Domminican Republic, and Venezuala.

She has ben invited to return next year and to compete again on the
Int'l level. I'm pretty proud of her and seeing she will be 17 next
month.

What was actually the best time of the trip was seeing her last game
was over about 2:00 pm, she wanted to go to the beach witch was only
about a block away from our motel. she was picking up sea shells like
she was 12 and having a blast, but I noticed she kept looking over her
shoulder... Beach Vollyball! 2 to 4 person teams. I knew what she
was thinking, and told her that if she just asked, she could probably
get in a game. she was shy about it,but went anyhow,and the next thing
I knew she was playing with the best of them. Having a blast, while I
was drowning myself in salty waves trying to find shells.

After a couple hrs, and more shells than I could carry, It was getting
dark, so I walked over to her and said it was time to head in. She
was disapointed to quit, because she was having too much fun playing
volleyball, without having the pressures of competition.

Anyhow. So much for volleyball shells and salt drownings.

The idea of a leatherman is good John, you would have to stow it in
the luggage, and probably still have your baggage searched. But yes,
it would do wonders on shell fish!

Sounds like a blast. Very nice!
--
John H

Tim wrote:
On Jul 27, 7:37 pm, John H. wrote:

Glad to hear all went well! How did your daughter's team do? Your lobster
experience is another reason to carry a Leatherman everywhere you go
(except on the plane)!
--
John H-

Actually, she did quite well. She played on the USA Volleyball
National Indoor High Performance league and out of something like 43
teams, hers finished in 5th place. That was competing against teams
from NZ, a couple teams from Canada, as well as puerto Rico, the
Domminican Republic, and Venezuala.

She has ben invited to return next year and to compete again on the
Int'l level. I'm pretty proud of her and seeing she will be 17 next
month.

What was actually the best time of the trip was seeing her last game
was over about 2:00 pm, she wanted to go to the beach witch was only
about a block away from our motel. she was picking up sea shells like
she was 12 and having a blast, but I noticed she kept looking over her
shoulder... Beach Vollyball! 2 to 4 person teams. I knew what she
was thinking, and told her that if she just asked, she could probably
get in a game. she was shy about it,but went anyhow,and the next thing
I knew she was playing with the best of them. Having a blast, while I
was drowning myself in salty waves trying to find shells.

After a couple hrs, and more shells than I could carry, It was getting
dark, so I walked over to her and said it was time to head in. She
was disapointed to quit, because she was having too much fun playing
volleyball, without having the pressures of competition.

Anyhow. So much for volleyball shells and salt drownings.

The idea of a leatherman is good John, you would have to stow it in
the luggage, and probably still have your baggage searched. But yes,
it would do wonders on shell fish!


Sounds like you had a great time! I guess you missed the storms over
there. Let me know the next time you're down this way.

Dan

On Jul 28, 5:30 pm, Dan wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Jul 27, 7:37 pm, John H. wrote:

Glad to hear all went well! How did your daughter's team do? Your lobster
experience is another reason to carry a Leatherman everywhere you go
(except on the plane)!
--
John H-

Actually, she did quite well. She played on the USA Volleyball
National Indoor High Performance league and out of something like 43
teams, hers finished in 5th place. That was competing against teams
from NZ, a couple teams from Canada, as well as puerto Rico, the
Domminican Republic, and Venezuala.

She has ben invited to return next year and to compete again on the
Int'l level. I'm pretty proud of her and seeing she will be 17 next
month.

What was actually the best time of the trip was seeing her last game
was over about 2:00 pm, she wanted to go to the beach witch was only
about a block away from our motel. she was picking up sea shells like
she was 12 and having a blast, but I noticed she kept looking over her
shoulder... Beach Vollyball! 2 to 4 person teams. I knew what she
was thinking, and told her that if she just asked, she could probably
get in a game. she was shy about it,but went anyhow,and the next thing
I knew she was playing with the best of them. Having a blast, while I
was drowning myself in salty waves trying to find shells.

After a couple hrs, and more shells than I could carry, It was getting
dark, so I walked over to her and said it was time to head in. She
was disapointed to quit, because she was having too much fun playing
volleyball, without having the pressures of competition.

Anyhow. So much for volleyball shells and salt drownings.

The idea of a leatherman is good John, you would have to stow it in
the luggage, and probably still have your baggage searched. But yes,
it would do wonders on shell fish!

Sounds like you had a great time! I guess you missed the storms over
there. Let me know the next time you're down this way.

Dan- Hide quoted text -

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Yes Dan, it was actually great weather. There were some pop up showers
that didn't last but moments and loads of lightning on occasion, but
mostly good with mild breezes. Kind of reminded me of Kauai'i this
time of year.

Let me know the next time you're down this way.

Will do, Dan.

Thanks!