As soon as you get into your winter camp it seems like the activities start and your writing goes into hibernation. Your surrounded by friends and parties, fishing and birding and you intend to blog but the time slips by and suddenly you see the date and realize its been two weeks. .
When we pulled into our winter spot the first thing we saw was Mike and Loretta waving a welcome back and we realized why we came to Watersedge. Val and George and Dave and Jane and Pete and Werna and Wayne and Betty, it goes on and on.
Thanksgiving was near and so of course we signed up for the dinner and it was so nice to share a meal with warmth and love. Time to give thanks for all the friends we have made and met in our travels in the past year. We have been in 29 states and so many miles....
Other days we have spent fishing and birding and for me, learning to cast a six foot cast net. I have used a four foot net for years but I am finally getting the feel of the six footer and it works so much better at getting bait. Its area is so much larger and it sinks faster before the mullet can swim away.
The biggest excitement has been the whoopers who seem to have taken over the Lamar Peninsula. We have seen as many as ten, just driving along St Charles Bay. Yesterday I had three flights of three, four, and two flying near me as I wade fished for black drum. In each case I heard them first with their distinctive call, before I turned and watched them fly near.
Last weekend we attended our first Christmas Party of the year, as the Gulf Coast Gem and Mineral Society celebrated friendships by holding a potluck diner and then exchanging gifts, mostly rocks of course! It was so nice to renew our friendships and we watched as new officers were sworn in, thankful that as travelers we didn't qualify.
Added to all the activities the past two weeks have seen us working on stone and registering for our winter shows. Our first is this weekend as Lagoons Rv Park has its annual Christmas Craft Show. It was the first show we ever sold and it hardly seems like it was only a year ago that we started selling.
All in all we have been to busy, but that's ok and how it should be when you retire. Only another retiree can understand how the time flies when you have been so blessed, and we have been blessed with so much! Clear skies.
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