Florida Day 3

Next day Tom, Bill, Cameron, Me and Ryan (one of Tom’s EOD buddies that is from Illinois) went fishing in the gulf for red snapper:


Our boat the American Spirit






Cameron got the first fish!


Tom got one too


Bill's first catch


Dolphins follow the fishing boats


A storm on the horizon - we could hear the thunder!


The entire boats legal catch


Our catch!

One of the hands was fishing off the front of the boat - he hooked a bull shark - about 6 feet long! We couldn't keep it (and I didn't get a picture) they are protected. There was also some mahi mahi (which is NOT dolphin as I have always been told), and trigger fish - Bill hooked a trigger and he looked like he had gotten a Marlin! It really fought hard!

 

When we got back to the hotel, we ate and then headed out to the beach. Bill and I got to ride a jet ski (for free!) for 15 minutes before they closed down for the day. Of course I didn't get pictures of that - they kids didn't know until we got back in that we were out.




Austen found a hermit crab


A little horse play in the water


One last picture before we left

 

That evening we ate at a Mexican restaurant. Cameron ordered some really hot meal. He was so funny. It was so hot but he was not going to let it beat him – he ate the whole thing making the most terrible faces the entire time!






We are back home now and doing laundry and trying to recover from all the early mornings we had. Tom is on his way home now. He had to wait until this morning to sign out and he will be home for about a month.