WE FOUND THE SCALLOPS!
At Last…..

Going Scalloping in Steinhatchee, Florida over the week-end was another action adventure. Family members….Ann, Dockie, Cindy, Jane, Debbie & Richard and Jan from Lake City and nautical friends…Melissa, Kurt/Bozo#1, Pammy, Sweet Susan and Bill/Bozo#2, Kim, Ken, Brett and girlfriend, John & Amy and only God knows who else….
Five boats of us actually found the scallops……
Our boat, Dockie’s, The Sea Note, were the rookies of the bunch.
As a result we were a failure on Saturday since we did not go out at the same time the others did and we checked every patch of grass for 12 miles to no avail…They had great success to say the least….we were so much the ‘rookie’ that no one could find a pen to write GPS numbers with when Susan called us on the Ship to Shore…had to punch them in on ‘non-working’ cell phones to remember them! Duh!
See picture of Dockie holding our end result of a full days work….and play!
We were a huge success at…..having FUN!
Gaining experience and starting again on Sunday with all boats together gave us the results we had hoped (and prayed) for….the scallops were right there just lying on top of the sea grass….training the eyes to know what it sees when it sees it, happens to be a mental process as well….
Some of us….we found out….have better mental capacity than others!
And then there are others who had rather just play around in the water and have fun than actually WORK at getting scallops… others just wanted to take pictures all the time….
Annie P. and I did not invest in top-of-the-line snorkel equipment AS SOME PEOPLE DID…..our ’red neck mask/goggles’ worked just fine, thank you!
See picture of Annie P. with her ’see thru’ bottom fancy bucket….
Richard’s bright red water shoes were a hit as he never had to look hard to find his in a hurry!
Accommodations for our group were given to us by a ….Miracle…
Just ask Debbie….and Dockie who only had 50 cent in a phone booth to call for 911 Family Help for a bed….No cell phones worked in Steinhatchee at all….We heard a rumor than if you go to the middle of the bridge you might get service…didn’t work for us!
All in all….it was another one of those…and a good time was had by all….week-ends.
P.S. Bozo #1...I wouldn’t ride on your boat even if you would let me!
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