I’m a member of the finance committee here at our condo association. Our meeting was this morning and this was the view through the floor to ceiling windows of the meeting room.
That boat should be my boat with me in it. Hard to concentrate on budgets when such a beautiful sea is calling to you.
I read “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall just before Christmas last year. Awesome book, and in it a quote, attributed to Roger Bannister, that I think of as a formula for daily success.
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Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning in Africa a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or gazelle, when the sun comes up you’d better be running.
Last week were were out on the boat in summer-like conditions. This week we had our first serious cold 
front come through and last night it got down into the low 60′s. This was the weather we were wanting in late August and September so how come we’re bitching about how cold it is now ? 
I haven’t put much up here this week but we’ve been seriously busy having fun. Rather than repost it all here are the links to what the last week in December has been like for us here in our little slice of paradise.
http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?31807-12-26-off-Cudjoe-Mahi-Wahoo-and-Waves
Happy new year!
The radio was buzzing about a color change at the reef and Mahi being caught along the edge. We Left the dock at 11, bounced our way out in kind of sloppy seas, set up and shortly had three Dolphin on. Boated all three, lost a few more and called it a day around 2 pm. Air temp 82, water 75 and bright sunshine. Not bad for a day in late December.
Pic of the color change from the camera phone. It’s not the best picture but hopefully you can see the stark difference between the inshore water and the blue ocean water.
Christmas Gifts from the sea
Last night we had the Christmas lighted boat parade here in Key West. The weather cooperated with pretty clear skies, a full moon and balmy 75 degree temps. The Schooner Wharf Bar was the main host, judging station and packed with people. We lucked out and got a seat at the bar for some Margaritas and Shasimi Tuna appetizers and listened to oldies and Caribbean tunes belted out by The Bahama Village Children’s Steel Drum Band!
Yep, elbow to elbow people, Continue reading
Last week I completed the course work and passed the test for the Masters upgrade to my Captains license.
I took the course with Flynn Smith here on Cudjoe Key and would highly recommend anyone interested in obtaining their USCG Captains license or upgrading take the program with him.
The day before Thanksgiving was a beautiful day here in the Keys. Light warm breezes, clear blue skies and flat seas called. We loaded up the boat and headed offshore to do what we do down here; spend time on the water messing around in boats. At about 350 feet we found a nice color change, the water cleared up and the water temp was 78 degrees. We had heard some reports about dolphin around 400 feet so we set out a 4 rod spread of artificials and kept pointing south. At 425 feet we ran into some scattered grass and it was fish on. Continue reading
While in San Diego I mentioned that I’d like to hit Roadrunner Sports for some socks. Injinji makes (and Roadrunner sells) great toe socks for running. They also make “tabi” socks for those “cold” mornings when you needed a little something between your feet and the flip-flops.
Surprise! Injinji headquarters is in San Diego and Kelly and Ryan know people that work there! So off we went on “Field Trip”. I met most of the people that work there, got a tour of their facility. Injinji makes a great product and their people are proud of it.
It was time to pay a visit to the kids. The first stop was Salt Lake City. Susan and I have hiked and crawled all over Utah but somehow never made it to SLC. My first impression? It was damm cold this time of year! Clearly, living in the Keys has spoiled me.
We did some sightseeing around town, including a tour of the Mormon Church and Convention center compound
