Yawner

 Yup, that first day I caught a snapper and released it seemed to be the entire highlight reel for Team X 2022....Now I've heard my Minnesota fishing friends tell me they call the Muskie the fish of 10,000 casts, well I don't know if that's true or not but if it is this nice Robalo I finally caught is the fish of 25,000 casts. I got him a week ago and I kept delaying my urge to post a Mile 14 update because I just knew there would be more.....nope , just a yawner . 

My friend Raphael who did a wonderful job remodeling our condo was on the beach and I had just told him that the first nice Snook I caught would be a thank you gift for him. As he was exercising I got bit and we both thought Toro until it jumped and then the coaching started. But he entirely swallowed a home made Pluma that Alejandro gave me last year it wasn't getting off. Here's a pic of Raphael and me with his families supper.

As the days drug onto this edition of Mile 14 I caught a Toro about every third day....so, Team X is disappointed and one of our stalwarts and well connected members decides we should try fishing bait on the bottom with live shrimp that are exceptionally hard to get . But Willie gets it done for us and 2 mornings ago at daylight we are all fishing on the bottom with the bait no fish can resist mmmm....well....the can't but they did and we found out that what Alejandro calls the Devil Fish can't resist them either . We caught not one, not two but four of these Skates.....did anyone ever tell you that's what Scallops are made of ? That's another story.

The photo of the week had to be this one...Ol Dan Stewart is a busy guy. As he's gently and respectively releasing a Toro he's scanning the surf for bait or any signals of pescado. He builds lures , ties teasers , fishes for hours and even has his own tech at the Shimano repair center in California....never ceases to amaze me. This guy is in 78 and the rest of the fishing world is in 33 and 1/3 .

Where else in the world can you roll out of bed and go straight to saving the planet ? Through the years I've seen many a Sea Turtle here and their nests. The Mexicans treat them as endangered and we always help them along when ever we can, but rare they ain't ! This nest here was only one of four that we've found in the last three weeks. It was up against the seawall and Kurt and Raphael excavated it so we could save the future a dangerous hike to the H20 .

So with all this excitement going on how's about the timeline for my typical day....

4:30....outa bed , read two papers, Helena and the Anchorage daily news.

6:00 ...sun up, on the beach fishing and of course talking.

8:00 ....meet MP after her walk with the girls for breakfast.

9:00 ...first nap, we call this one the yoga nap as the girls do yoga on the ocean terrace while I sleep to the sounds of the downward dog

10.00 to 2:00...read on the Terrace , two tostados for lunch and a Pacifico followed by the 2nd nap

2:00 to 3:30....get my 10,000 steps. I like to bus it into the gold zone then walk the 4 miles back . I 'm finally making progress and have my weight down to a steady 190 and a respectable body mass index of only 33 %.....headed for the fabled 185 and boy do I feel good.

3:30 to 4:30....hot tub the aches and pains....

4:30 : ..wait for legal cocktail time....

5:00....have a tall orange and practice 6 or 7 seven songs on the guitar

5:30...on the terrace for sunset and fellowship

6:30 .....start the barbecue and overcook what ever todays menu item is

7:00 until 3rd nap in the recliner.....Oak Island mystery , Gold Rush , Yellowstone ( still looking to see myself in that one )....

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