Everyone slept in a bit this morning. Jill and Anna woke
up a bit earlier and went out to the beach. They sat at the bench near the pool
for the better of an hour until at least 7:30am. I went out to the both to wish
them a “Good Morning!”
I had been inside watching the Tour which started at 7am
today. It’s been a real treat watching it this year. Not sure why, but I
believe it’s because NBCSN really has put forth an effort to broadcast all of
it every day with multiple repeats throughout the day. I hopped on my bike for a
25 mile ride to get the day started and to give the boys some quite.
LT woke up around 9am and Lane woke up shortly thereafter. The boys and I headed to Heavenly Biscuit for some delicious breakfast. Anna and Jill had called and said they would meet us there for some biscuits, but as we got there they had not arrived. We decided to order and devoured the delectable delights before the girls every got there. Anna, Olivia and Jill arrived right as we were finishing up. We basically tagged out and gave them the table and hauled off.
Lane, LT and I took off back the hotel and grabbed the
car and jetted off to Lover’s Key Bridge for some fishing. We all fished there
the day prior and killed it with Snappers. Unfortunately no such luck today. We
did catch one, but beyond that the lines were still. LT did get one slam, which
within seconds we learns it was an egret. I managed to wrestle the bird down
and calm it enough for us to get the fishing line out of its wing. After the
wildlife rescue, we headed back to the hotel and joined the girls.
When we arrived, Kelsey, Kendall and the new addition
Avery was there, along with Tobi, Hayli and Auntie Carla. All the ladies were
hanging out at the beach. Darrel had come by a bit earlier and brought over a
10x10 tent and put it up for them on the beach. It made a perfect little oasis
for the girls and little Avery – the perfect shade. Not but about 30 minutes
later and Nana arrived to join the clan.
I took out the cast net and caught some green backs. I
cast out my Shimano a few times and got the fish stolen. Then I cast it out one
more time and let the little Pilchers swim for about five minutes, when all of
a sudden the pole bent and the line started screaming. I quickly turned up the
drag on reel and started reeling in. The fish was totally erratic, swimming
back and forth. Then I noticed the fin protruding from the top of the water. I
had laid into a black tip shark. I was a juvenile, but was a fight. I got it to
shore and managed to grab a hold of the little guy. It was around two feet
long, but all muscle.
Tried to catch some more afterwards, but got absolutely
nothing. Went back on to the beach and joined the ladies in the tent. Little
Kendall stole the show and is just the sweetest little two year old. She was
having fun playing in the sand and making sand castles. We all sat out on the
beach, laughed and talked for the better part of the afternoon.
As the later part of the day arrived, the girls started
preparing for dinner. We opted to cook the fish we caught the other day. Anna,
Carla, Olivia and Hayli headed to the store to pick up some taco accessories.
Carla purchased an air fryer to cook the fish in. However, we ended up cooking
half of the fish on the grills by the pool. The fish did not last long as the
tacos went one after another. We couldn’t heat up the shells fast enough. What
an awesome time!!!!
Around 7pm everyone started to head out and we starting
winding down. It ended up being an early for us as the eyelids shuttered before
10pm.
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