Beach vacation complete. Tomorrow the kids start at St . Joe's: uniforms are complete, supplies are complete and the kids attitudes are great. With all the pressures kids face it is nice to know they will receive an accredited education while being surrounded by the values we hope they embrace through out their lives. None of us is perfect, but you try to give them every advantage. 1st day of school pics will post tomorrow. Here's our time in Kiawah--our 6th year to the Sanctuary--this year was marked by our first fishing trip. We missed you Uncle Mark! Next year we'll meet you at Sea Island, GA--two words to get you there: Shooting....School! Skeet, sporting clays, the full gunning experience followed by cigars on the terrace.
You will notice from the fishing photos, everyone caught a fish, except the photographer! BTW, our first fishing trip was Owen and I one morning...Owen caught an alligator! Yep, an alligator. Shot out from under the dock and grabbed his lure. I got my pliers down to its mouth, but it jerked and snapped the line. Off it went w/ a souvenir impaled in his gums. We were lucky enough to walk across the street to the marsh side to see a family of Dolphins had swum up w/ the rising tide for some inland fishing.
The coolest site was a massive Stingray--the type that has been killing people w/ its tail--jump from the shore we were shelling on, the first time we only saw it hit the water, the second time it leaped out of the water about 3ft in the air and flopped and disappeared. Dolphins showed up as we were leaving the island back to our fishing grounds. The kids fished a solid 3hrs and had a ball. They each caught at least 5 fish. Alena must have caught 10 in the first hour.
You will notice from the fishing photos, everyone caught a fish, except the photographer! BTW, our first fishing trip was Owen and I one morning...Owen caught an alligator! Yep, an alligator. Shot out from under the dock and grabbed his lure. I got my pliers down to its mouth, but it jerked and snapped the line. Off it went w/ a souvenir impaled in his gums. We were lucky enough to walk across the street to the marsh side to see a family of Dolphins had swum up w/ the rising tide for some inland fishing.
The coolest site was a massive Stingray--the type that has been killing people w/ its tail--jump from the shore we were shelling on, the first time we only saw it hit the water, the second time it leaped out of the water about 3ft in the air and flopped and disappeared. Dolphins showed up as we were leaving the island back to our fishing grounds. The kids fished a solid 3hrs and had a ball. They each caught at least 5 fish. Alena must have caught 10 in the first hour.
