WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER and hopefully some of the best weather of the year!
Great boating weather, decent long days, cool evenings, light winds, and lots of sunshine! Fear not, there is still a lot of beautiful boating still to come! I do love this time of year.
Make sure you get those boat rides in. Make sure you get down to the docks.
The investment of time and money for our recreational boating passions.
Oh yeah… I wish the kids didn’t have to go back to school so soon. I wish they could go back at least after Labor Day weekend.
Summers for them are way too short and go by way too quickly.
The teachers should feel the same way.
Have you ever invited your friends and family to the house for a Bar-B-Que?
So, some of your friends come by boat, bring you a nice bottle, and stay late into the evening drinking that bottle with you by the fire. Other family members show up with amazing dishes including your favorite family heirloom recipes. Others arrive with a package of Great Value cookies. And then the last guest…
The Non-Boating Human who also happens to be a Vegetarian!!! That’s right, an NBH Vegan who comes to the Bar-B-Que and demands you make their vegan food on the grill. But only after it is cleaned, sanitized, and scrubbed of any animal matter. And then they pull out a pint of mushrooms and a zucchini! DO NOT let them do it! If they come to the Bar-B-Que at my place, they are going to have to eat ribs and burgers (nothing with the words Beyond or Impossible written on the package). No sir, they’ll be enjoying great big all-beef tube steaks and a variety of fabulous pork sausages!
Please remember… Thanksgiving is a few months away so enjoy that Turkey with some bacon!
I see signs all the time that say, “YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR WAKE” And yes, I try to always be caring and considerate… ALWAYS!
But I keep asking myself “I say self, am I really responsible for my wake?” I have realized that of course I am, just like ducks are responsible for their little wakes, and dolphins, skates, and fish breaching the surface are also responsible for their wakes.
But even though I am responsible for my wake am I also ACCOUNTABLE?
Do I have accountability for my wake?
Say, for instance a very young person is sitting at the beach close to the shipping channel. He is swept into the Bay by a ship’s wave and stung by a jellyfish. Is it the Jelly Fish’s fault for being there and his responsibility or is the ship’s captain accountable?
Asking for a friend.
My neighbor stopped over at my garage bar the other night at 4 a.m.
Fortunately, I was still up playing my new electric guitar. He asked if “I could have a little respect, please”
I told him I don’t normally play Aretha Franklin, but I would give it my best and this one’s for you!”
I was on a beach in the Carolinas the other week.
Some signs said “NO NIGHTTIME LIGHTS, NESTING TURTLES” in the community we were staying in.
When I realized, if we put signs up where we want the turtles to nest maybe they wouldn’t do it in the communities.
Kind of like the deer crossing signs along the highway that tell the deer where they should cross. If this works, the way I think it should we can do something similar down in Florida.
Put up signs warning the Manatees that they are approaching a heavily traffic area of powerboats!!!
What do you think?
