Another "adventure" we went during our stay-cation was
deep sea fishing. We were on board an open party fishing boat that sails Long Island Sound. Three days in a row, we attempted to get on board a party boat to go fishing. The first day, we woke up at 5AM, drove half an hour away to be told, "Sorry! We're doing a private charter today! You can't come on board..." We had a nap/ quiet day. The second day, we woke up at 5AM again, drove half an hour away to be told, "Sorry! There's only four of you! (Puppy Guts and I and two guys looking to do some fishing) We're not taking the boat out!" We went zip lining instead. (It actually worked out better in the long run considering the heat. We would have fried out on the water had we gone out. Zip lining kept us relatively cool since we were in the treetops in the shade... Go figure! Someone was looking out for us, making sure we had an awesome vacation I guess!)
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| FINALLY on board a fishing boat! |
This was getting ridiculous. We wanted to go fishing, but we weren't going to keep doing this getting up at 5AM thing only to be told last minute that we wouldn't be going out... So the next thing to do? TO THE INTERWEBZ! After a few quick searches, we found a different
open party boat that was closer to "home base south" (my parents' house) as we referred to it as and guaranteed that they would be going out no matter what. YAY! So we got up at 6AM, went to the boat, and jumped aboard the
Snow Goose 2. Right on time, we left the dock and off on another adventure we went.
It was a glorious day. The weather was freaking beautiful and here we were with the sea breeze, blue skies, the calm waters below, chugging around Long Island Sound. We saw some unbelievable beachfront estates and I really can't even begin to tell you how freaking beautiful the day was. It was perfect fishing weather. We had a few clouds and we had a chance to fish in drizzling rain for a little while, which cooled everything down some, and it cleared up again. It was a milder day than the one before and slathered up in some sunblock, Lucky and I were totally set. We were chillaxing in between stops having a grand old time. We hugged and kissed and talked to each other as well as those around us. We told them of our awesome vacation so far as they relayed stories of the nightmares of theirs. We were referred to as the "coolest couple EVER" and we were told we were so totally and perfectly matched "it's scary"... Go figure! Strangers can see it too! We took it as a compliment.
The day before we had set our adrenal glands into maximum overdrive, this day we got our mellow on. The waters were calm and pretty steady... Perfect! We spent an awesome day of fishing together, laughing with the other passengers and crew on board. We munched on light fare (beef jerky and cereal bars), kept well hydrated and spent a solid 6 hours cruising around Long Island sound dropping lines into the water and doing a bit of fishing.
At the end of the day, between the two of us, we caught five fish, which honestly? It was just the whipped cream to an already fantastic day. They filleted the fish right on board for us, and as we got off the boat, we were handed our nice weighty Ziploc bag of fresh fish to take home, topped off with some ice. Back at the house, we rinsed off the fish fillets, tried some "sashimi" style (DAMN was it ever awesome! Fish don't come fresher than THAT!) and pan fried up everything with a little bit of butter, olive oil and a squirt of lemon juice. One word... YUMMY! A perfect day with my Puppy Guts, a perfect fishing trip including fresh caught dinner... BLISS! Vacation ROCKS! We are SO going to go back....
Addendum: We DID go back! We decided that for our last day of vacation, as a last hurrah, we would do the fishing thing again. We got back on board the
Snow Goose 2 three days later on our "last OFFICIAL day of vacation" and it was AWESOME! If you're ever in our neck of the woods, you should definitely check this crew out. Bar none, the greatest time you'll ever have whether you catch a fish or not! Bliss! Thanks for another VERY awesome day, Puppy Guts! I love you with all that I am. Always.... XOXOXOX
It was a glorious day. The weather was freaking beautiful and here we were with the sea breeze, blue skies, the calm waters below, chugging around Long Island Sound. We saw some unbelievable beachfront estates and I really can't even begin to tell you how freaking beautiful the day was. It was perfect fishing weather. We had a few clouds and we had a chance to fish in drizzling rain for a little while, which cooled everything down some, and it cleared up again. It was a milder day than the one before and slathered up in some sunblock, Lucky and I were totally set. We were chillaxing in between stops having a grand old time. We hugged and kissed and talked to each other as well as those around us. We told them of our awesome vacation so far as they relayed stories of the nightmares of theirs. We were referred to as the "coolest couple EVER" and we were told we were so totally and perfectly matched "it's scary"... Go figure! Strangers can see it too! We took it as a compliment.
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