Are we there yet?
Why yes!!! Yes, we are!!!! Summer is only a week or two in and it is Fourth of July! KABOOM! I love watching fireworks on the water. You can see shows in North East, Havre De Grace, Rock Hall, Middle River, or any number of the thousands of other shows on the water that private players shoot! Out on the water from July First to the Fourth, you can see fireworks just after dark come from every direction and every shoreline.
Long weekends folks. Long weekends filled with the best views, coldest drinks, and best sunsets. And please remember… a cup of hot tomato soup in July warms
the soul, especially if it is on the back of your boat, in the morning, with celery, bacon, shrimp, Old Bay, ice cubes, and Titos!
Meatloaf!
So… An older couple are doing the great loop and have stopped at many, many landings.
As they were traversing the Chesapeake Bay, the husband starts to get worried about his wife’s hearing. She doesn’t seem to respond as she usually did. So, while in Delaware City, he decides to visit a hearing specialist who tells him how to check her hearing by asking her a question from far away and moving closer until she responds.
So, while she is in the galley making dinner, from the dock he asks, “Honey, what’s for dinner?” No response.
From on the back deck, he repeats, “Honey, what’s for dinner?” No response.
From the stairs going into the cabin, he asks once again, “Honey, what’s for dinner?” and the same!!!!
Finally, from the salon he says “Honey, what’s for dinner?” at which point she replies “I told you three times– MEATLOAF!
Best Day of Fishing UNTIL?
So… you and a few buddies are out on the bay for a fishing trip! And it’s literally your best fishing trip ever! You’re catching stripers every throw! A few huge cats, a couple dozen nasty snake heads, a few great big sharks, a few boats with all girls have passed by (use your imaginations), a dozen dolphins came up and gave you HIGH FIVES, when your one buddy says… grab me another Natural Light! “Umm… that was the last one!” NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!! And just like that come the end of the best day of fishing ever. Morale of the story: Always bring enough supplies and always buy the big bag of ice. Life is too short to miss out on fishing.
WAY BACK WHEN IN 1975
I was 7 and it was the summertime. Two weeks before my family went to Ocean City my parents took me to see a Steven Spielberg blockbuster movie called JAWS!
When we got to Ocean City, JAWS fever was all the rage.
The other week I was sitting at the bar of one of my pontoon boats with a few friends and we were having a few adult-style beverages when my buddy Dave mutters the line, “Show me the way to go, I’m tired and I want to go to bed!” Just then Eddie D jumps in with “I had a little drink about an hour ago and it’s gotten right to my head” I realize the tune and chime in also “So wherever I may roam, by land or sea or foam, you can always hear me singing a song… Show me the way to your home!” Before long we are banging the bar, stomping our feet and laughing at the scene from JAWS… and just then the shark attacks and the fun is over! So, the next time you’re enjoying a few with some friends pull out your phone and bring up YOUTUBE… type in JAWS Show Me the Way Home. I am more than certain you will be stomping, pounding and singing a bit also! Show me the way to go home I’m tired and I have to go to bed I had a little drink about an hour ago And it’s gone straight to my head Where ever I may roam by land or sea or foam You can always hear me singing a song Show me the way to your home!
