Fishing, Lemons, and Dog

This past Friday I had the wonderful chance to go out fishing with my good prayer buddy Ken and another Youth Pastor down here named Adam. It was quite the experience...


We almost died.

We went out into the intra-coastal waterway in search of some good fishing grounds. We were in about 16 foot craft with an open bow where I happened to be sitting. Beautiful weather, calm seas, no problem.

Try as we might, no fish. Well, none for Ian anyway. But then we decided to head back along the jetty where we encountered our first obstacle. It would seem that at the end of the rocks used to make the inlet calm, the water (no matter how calm) forms into a massive build of pounding water that likes to eat little boats like ours for breakfast. Ken (the "Captain") drove us into the only place within a mile that had waves - waves mind you in the 10ft category. They broke continually over our bow (where I was still sitting) and for some reason we couldn't break free. Again and again water came crashing down on top of us all, only to be replace by another, bigger wave. Adam and I are both yelling, "Turn Left!" knowing it will free us from the constant barrage. At one point right before we broke out I can remember envisioning how to dive off the bow into the water once we capsized.

Oh the joy of fishing! And still I didn't catch a single thing!



On a separate note we (the youth group) had a great time at our local Relay for Life! Even though the event got rained out that night, we were still able to raise a good amount of money making "Lemon-Shake-Ups," basically a homeshaked lemonaid, only better. We also had massages for sale! After all was said and done we sold over 250 of the cool, refreshing beverages.
It was a hot day. As you can see I was hard at work "supervising" the action. Gladly someone was kind enough to cool me down with an ice cube on my head. Thanks!
Finally, here's me and the pooch - Bingley. Who do you think is gonna win this match up?



(and for your own knowledge, no, dog spit does not taste good)

Cheers!