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Spygirl

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 03:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Resortgirl, I hope you have a wonderfully relaxing weekend with your family!!

Dilligaf

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 04:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm am so jealous of all these TVCH meetings! Will someone PLEASE come to North Carolina to see the pickle!!!! Please, please, please let me know of the next trip. I will be there!! Gail and Karunna....have a blast!!

Gail

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 09:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I finally made it to Karuuna's place about 4 hours late. Who in the Spain knew there was going to be a flash flood that shut down I 25. Have you ever tried to take a detour out of Denver when it is A) Rush hour B) you don't have a map of Denver and C) it is overcast so you can't see the sun or the mountains to get your sense of direction? I made all the right guesses but traffic was against me.

I arrived 4 hours late and my punishment was first, sweeping out the garage and then I got KP duty. That's okay - the dogs are having fun with Karuuna's kitty and dinner was excellent. :)

Karuuna

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 09:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh, fine Gail... tell them WHY you had to sweep, you destructive crazy woman. I invite you to my house and first thing you start breaking things! And still I made you dinner! Just wait till you see what I have in store for you tomorrow!

We're having a blast, the wine is good, and we've got an early wake up call to go catch some fish... life is good!

Myjohnhenry

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 09:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw that on the news tonight....including people sitting on top of their cars waiting to be rescued....and thought of you. I-25 can be nasty like that in any sudden down pour....been there, done that. I don't know what is worse...those floodings or when it gets icy and foggy at the same time! I-25 can be just as bad as going over Vail Pass in the right conditions. Ahhhh the memories.

Have fun fishing and "fishing". :)

Gail

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 09:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was very fortunate - I was kind of pokey this morning and got a late start otherwise, it could have been me and the pups on top of the roof of my car. :) So, being four hour late, doing KP and sweeping is a small price to pay. We didn't even know what the problem was til we went to Kar's friends to pick up the boat.

Bob2112

Friday, September 13, 2002 - 10:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gail and Kar, Have fun fishing. :)
ResortGirl, Have fun with your friends and make sure you are not the designated driver!

We made it to Jacksonville tonight after spending the day at Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta. We used Adven's travel agent, Big Earl of "Big Earl's Travel Agency and Bait Shop" and I'm beginning to think that was a mistake.
The Confederate Memorial carving in the rock looked gigantic in the brochure, but here's is what it turned out to be:

rock

I'm beginning to wonder what the ship will look like!?!

Looks like we drove around tropical storm Hanna. By the time we float through the southern part of the gulf, is should already be done soaking Deeya. (Dee, post pics!)
3 years ago we cruised 2 days after Hurricane Floyd came through. I guess we've been pretty lucky with some near misses. Hopefully by the time we get back to Tampa and Orlando next week, all the rain will have moved on.

Gracie, Buttercup is an excellent teacher! A little trick I use when I need to get somewhere fast is to only look at the km/h instead of the MPH. It makes it seem like I'm going faster. <I wonder if 170 km/h is fast?>

Thanks for all the pictures and notes here and in my folder.
I will miss you all for the week, but should be back on-line next Saturday night (assuming that travel agent didn't mess anything else up!).

Karuuna

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 12:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob, sounds like you are having an adventurous time! Remind me never to take any of Adven's recommendations.

RG - we'll be looking for a full report on the festivities when you get back.

We were up at a bright and early 5:15 this morning (also known as "dark-thirty"). Off to the lake, we get to the entrance area to buy a permit and I've inconveniently forgotten my wallet (or Gail might say conveniently!). She coughs up her last $11, and we're surveying the no-person's-land under the seats to make the last dollar. We ended up chiseling out some very stickie pennies out of the center console to get to $12. Aren't I an exciting hostess? Gail didn't realize she'd be going on a treasure hunt.

The fishing was slow, but we caught two nice trout, and showed them mercy. Well, no one wanted to clean them. The fishing was also quite good!

Then off to watch my adorable son lose his first football game. To be honest, if this disheartens him toward football in general, it wouldn't break my heart. But I provided the requisite reassurances and attaboys, and Gail nodded off in her chair.

This afternoon, I've got my eye on a nice chaise lounge in the sun. Gail will be repairing the garage, that is, if I can wake her seeing as how she is now nodding off in front of the computer. The good news is that she appears to be having a very relaxed time!

Gail

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 12:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, I had a $5, and five one dollar bills and $1.04 in change. Talk about a major scrounging job trying to pull in 96 cents from the crevices of Karuuna's car. It looked like we were going to be about 4 cents short and she pulled a dime out of the air just short of trying to pry a couple of pennies that were stuck.

I just wonder what those guys that empty the envelopes were thinking when they opened it. :) I think it was pretty obvious we had forgot to bring $$. :)

The lake was really nice and very peaceful this morning. Perfect weather - nice and cool and a little breeze. Today I learned that nightcrawlers aren't so bad if you handle them with rubber gloves.

My little dog Travis has discovered he really likes cats.

Karuuna

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
HAHAHAHAHA, I had already forgotten about the surgical gloves worn when skewering the worms...

Karuuna wants everyone to know she uses her bare hands when poking worms before drowning them. I'm so barbaric!

Bookworm

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 04:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<Bookworm walks in and faints.>

Karuuna

Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 01:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Update: not much luck on the fishing. Gail did finally catch a blue gill, but when asked to take it off the hook and throw it back, she quietly deferred (if you consider shreiking something you can do quietly!). I caught the biggest darn carp I've ever seen, about 10 pounds of big yellow ugly fish. Any bigger and he would have sunk our little boat. You'll have to ask Gail how the fishing went.

We got lots of sun, (I'm talking red). I'm guessing Gail must be having an okay time, since she planned to leave much earlier today. I've talked her into a swim and a nap first!

Schoolmarm

Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 03:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kar....I will loan you and Gail my buffalo red jammies....great for not touching the sunburn AND red enough that YOU don't look red!

LOL!!

Sounds like you had fun!

How are our other road warriors doing?

Gail

Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 08:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I finally made it home. I don't know what it is about me and I-25 but I hate traveling on it. I actually made it through Denver okay and got stonewalled around Monument. There was an accident and they had the freeway shut down to one lane. Of course, it takes them about 10 miles to merge everyone into one lane to pass by. (10 miles = 1 hour of stopped traffic)

I'm pretty sunburned on my arms and face but Karuuna looks worse - I wasn't wearing sunglasses all day on the lake so my burn is pretty even.

When she says she caught a 10 pound carp, believe her. That sucker was huge. She thought she had snagged the bottom of the lake and for about 5 minutes or more she was just trying to unsnag her lure. Then, it started to fight back. It was probably another 5 minutes getting him up to the surface. He was way bigger then the net could hold.

Kar - Travis is missing Strider and is thinking you should bring him down for a visit sometime. Considering this was his first encounter with a kitty, he did pretty good.

Karuuna was a terrific hostess and has a beautiful home. Thanks for everything!! Even though I didn't really catch any big fish, the fishing was great!! :) Oh, it is about 145 miles from doorstep to doorstep.

Time to unpack and get something to eat and read the board. :)

Kstme

Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 08:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gail so glad you're back home and how VERY cool you and Kar had such a TERRIFIC time this weekend!!

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 10:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It sounds like you two had a GREAT time:) Glad you both had so much fun.

Egbok

Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 10:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gail, sounds like you had a great time fishing! Glad you're back home safe and sound.

On a personal note, I was at the L.A. County Fair today and I could have sworn I saw SpongeBob there too!!

Urgrace

Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 11:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a nice road trip including all the fish "tales" Gail you amaze me! How does someone go fishing and be so funny about baiting ones hook or releasing the fish? Karuuna, I hope you both get over your sunburn quickly. Glad you had a great time!

Gail

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 04:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well Gracie, here's the deal. Consider baiting hooks and releasing fish as auditions. My father (who died 9 years ago) used to bait my hook and take off all the fish. As I search through life looking for someone to act as a father figure, I am thinking that person will need to be able to do the things my father did for me. When it comes to baiting hooks and taking off the fish, so far, it looks like Jay, our adorable fishing guide in Minnesota, Mike from my workplace and Karuuna are the front runners.

While Jay has a bigger boat, Karuuna is definitely more fun to fish with.

Karuuna

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 08:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
hahahahaha! Hey, Gail, if it's that important, I can buy a bigger boat.

Altho, Gail, in spite of the latex gloves, you did pretty darn good at baiting your own hook, learning to tie knots and rigging up your own fishing pole. Maybe part of the role of "father figure" is to help you have the confidence to believe in your own abilities. We'll just have to keep working on that fish removal thing, and that self confidence thing. Cause as far as I can see, you're one competent, intelligent and all 'round great person.

P.S. The local homepathic store fixed me up with some burn cream and magic pills, and I'm looking almost human again today!

Resortgirl

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 10:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gail are you talking about the size of Jay's boat or boat ???

Resortgirl

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We're back from our little road trip to South Dakota. We had a really nice time, great food and wonderful company. We stayed in our friends parents cabin on Big Stone Lake. It's 28 miles long... HUGE!!! About a mile across at most points. The scenery there was really pretty but I must say that I am totally spoiled living on Lake Belle Taine. You couldn't see down two inches on Big Stone for all the weeds and mucky muck..And it was kinda smelly... We have 11 feet of water clarity here. So I will never complain again...
We went to dinner at our friends brothers restuarant. I guess the prime rib was to die for... I don't eat beef so I wouldn't know, but my hubby said it was the best he's had. I had some chicken that was very good. Stayed up late talking and laughing. Sunday the guys went for a drive around the lake while us girls napped. It was too windy to take the boat out so we never got the chance to go bar hopping, but that is probably a good thing after Saturday night. We had a wonderful pork tenderloin on the grill on Sunday, fresh sweetcorn, scalloped potatoes and all the trimmings. Yum! Need to get back on a diet after that weekend.

Glad you had fun Kar and Gail!!!

Gail

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 01:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was talking about Jay's boat! Besides being big, his came well equipped with all kind of bells and whistles. But, in the end, it isn't about the fish that you catch, it is just the fun you have being out there. :)

Resortgirl

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 02:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was just teasing you Gail! I'm not much of a fisherman (woman) but I do like being up early on the lake. It's so peaceful and calm. And although I am totally willing to bait my own hook I do have a problem taking the fish off. Oh well, maybe more practice will help!

Gail

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 03:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was so calm and peaceful on the lake morning that it was easy to catch yourself whispering so you wouldn't disturb the quiet. :)