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5/13/2023

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A chilly, blustery morning to be out taking pictures... But here I am nonetheless.

See that tiny little pickup truck on the right? That's a Japanese pickup truck; I recognize it because they were all over Japan when I was stationed there. And the reason it's here is because various supplies have to be brought from shore to the Marina, and that little pickup truck will actually fit on the bridge so they can drive those supplies into the Marina.

But, of course, the bridge was designed for people to walk on, so when the little truck drives on it, the weight of the truck makes the bridge take some strange shapes. I've watched it drive across the bridge before, and I wouldn't want to have been the first person to see if that idea worked.

Laziness and not doing much of anything today has caused me to skip my blog post and just do pictures. But unfortunately for everyone I'm sure I'll be writing more tomorrow.

This must be hardy bunch, because the wind was pretty chilly, and the water was fairly choppy, I would say just enough to make fishing mostly uncomfortable. But when you work for a living, you gotta take what you can get, and this Saturday morning was probably all they could get.

The beach is full on a Saturday morning before the sun comes up, in fact the beach was full by lunchtime yesterday, but folks were still showing up. So all they could do was drive off looking for another boondocking area to stay in. I hope they found something but the beach areas are getting smaller and smaller and holding less and less folks, as the waters rise higher and higher.

If your highly moble, and you've simplified your life, you can always find a place to boondock, even if it's as crowded as the Elephant on a weekend.

Gone fishing.

Boondockers on the beach.

It was a busy day for boating. The parking lot on the right is the main boat trailer parking, and the parking lot up top is the overflow boat trailer parking.

I finally figured out what the huge parking lot where I'm boondocked is used for. It's a boat trailer overflow lot for the upper boat trailer overflow lot.

You can see the Lance boondocked in the background.

It wasn't a great day today weatherwise, him him him but you can see how many boats showed up here anyway. Can you imagine how many boats come to this place on a summer weekend? And what must it look like on a holiday like the fourth of July.... One things for sure, I definitely wouldn't want to be here, and pity those that are.

If it had been a NICE day, they would've brought the whole family.

Have you ever heard of "Chicken of the Sea?" Well, this is that chicken. These Sea Chickens taste just like a regular chicken except their soggier.

4 Comments

Judith

5/13/2023 09:02:26 pm

Geez. I woulnd't think all that wind would be very good for fishing, but then I haven't fished in years and years.
I guess being on the water is irresistible if you can manage it. Water is always nice to see, especially in the midst of dry land. Excellent photo of a grebe. There are little ones that come around here...they were cute.

Tom

5/14/2023 06:30:29 am

Some people feel that inclement weather is the best time to go fishing for various reasons that never made any sense to me. I've always felt that the best time to go fishing is when I wanted to, but unfortunately that wasn't always possible.

I've noticed by the boats that some people have that just "being on the water," is the most important thing. But I've always wanted to be on the water for a reason such as fishing or skin diving, I've never had the desire to be out there just driving around.

But it appears that based on a lot of the boats I see on the water now days folks are out there just running around burning up gas. And at the price of gasoline, and the amount of gas a boat consumes every hour, I'm amazed at how many people can actually afford to use their boat every weekend.

Tom

Larry Worsham

5/14/2023 05:24:31 am

Over the years I found that camping at a lake known for its fishing was a lot quieter and calmer that a lake known for its water skiing and jet ski operation. Fisherman get up early to go fish and usually sit around the campfire telling stories where the ski crowd parties hardee. It looks like your stay is a combination of both!

5/14/2023 07:22:55 am

Yeah Larry, it is a combination of both and I'm not sure if both parties will ever learn to live with one another, since there aims and ambitions are diametrically opposed.

I think we will end up just like our streets and highways ended up. When there was only eight cars in the entire county you could do whatever you wanted on the roads, and it looks like were fast approaching a time when doing what you want on the water is almost over. There's simply too many people, going too fast, in too many different directions to be safe for anyone.

I can sit in my boondocking spot on the hill, and watch kayaks and paddle boards mixing in with tiny little jet skis, 200 hp Bass boats, 500 hp ski boats and thousand horsepower in-board racing boats all pursuing their different hobbies and trying to occupy the same basic area at the same time.

How long will this continue? Probably until the government steps in and requires boating schools, licenses, and tax increases to fund the whole thing.

Tom

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