OK so after Christmas tree's we were supposed to trade our truck and trailer for a 35 foot class A....... Well that did not happen. We went to make the trade and we found out that the class A was to far gone to even remodel plus it needed all new tires right off the bat and that was not something we wanted to put money into right now. To make it drive able we needed to work on it for like a week and the location it was in was not some place you want to work on a vehicle for a long period of time. We decided that we would head up to my sister in-laws in Crawfordville, FL spend some time with them since we missed family for Christmas and we would continue our search for a bigger rig here.
OH I am supposed to give you a brief summary of how selling Christmas tree's was... So here we go. We started out on a new lot that was not making any money for the first week so we were a little down and out. We received a call from the owner that was requesting us to move to a busier lot because the manager needed to leave for an emergency. YIPPY we happily moved and they closed our old lot down. Boy were they right this lot was so busy we could not believe the difference. We had a great group of lot helpers and we could not have finished the season without them. We made a life long friend named Kevin who we hope that when we go back next year that he will be able to work for us again. We ate out EVERY NIGHT... when you are working 14 hour days there is really no time to cook. Trust me we thought when we first started that we would be able or want to cook food..... WE WERE WRONG once we closed the night we were pooped and all we wanted to do was hit the bed and sleep. Sonic was right next to our lot so needless to say we ate a lot of Sonic now I hate the thought of Sonic and never want to eat there again until we go back next year LOL... Yes I said 14 hour days.. and if you are going to break the money down and look at what you are making per day per hour you will think it is not worth your time to some of you however we were there for the money but we were also there for the experience and since Christmas is my favorite holiday what better thing to do then sell tree's and help all the families find their perfect tree. So it may seem like a long day and a lot of hours but it was the best time we have had made great friends and worked for the best group of people Hart T Tree Farms. It was our first year and they just made sure we had everything we needed made sure we knew what we were doing and helped us in every way they could we could call on them anytime of the day and they were sure to answer even though they were dealing with other lots as well. The only down side was it is over Todd's Birthday, Thanksgiving and Christmas but we just figured we would celebrate Christmas after Christmas and it would just be peachy lol..
Now we are back in Northern FL it is COLD up here I wish I was still in Southern, FL where it was warm. We are searching for our BIGGER rig.. we are not in a rush since we can stay here as long as we need so we are going to find the perfect one. Our course we are looking at Class A's and Fifth wheels but we are not sure what we will be getting until the perfect one jumps our and says live in me hahah but until then we are still in our TT happy as could be I am sure going to miss it when it is gone since it is the rig we started our adventure of full-timing in it will always hold a special place in our hearts. OH and I am getting a new camera for a belated Christmas gift since mine is broke again then I will start posting lots of awesome fun pictures again. Well stay tuned over the next few weeks or months to see what we choose and what we do. Christmas Tree selling season was awesome now we are relaxing.... Merry Belated Christmas and hope the New Year Treats you well.... :-)
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
After Christmas Tree's
The Christmas tree selling season is almost over and we are excited to hit the road again. We are going to be spending Christmas at the casino it is kind of our tradition since most of the time we are in a state were we do not have family in. Once we are finished relaxing for a few days and sleeping as long as we want we are off to get our class A. Nothing fancy it is a 1988 we are trading for our TT and our truck for the 35 foot class A. It is going to need some remodeling and that is what we do best so we are going to be spending some time at my sister-in laws house in Tallahassee we are so excited to spend more time with her and her husband. While we are there me and Todd will be taking a day to ourselves no pups just me and hubby time in Jacksonville visiting some friends for the night since my sister in law loves my puppies so much and will watch them for us (hopefully). It will be some much needed time for him and I and bed space lol.. For anyone who has three or more pets you know what I am talking about but I would not change it for the world just a night alone every once in a while is needed.
Once we are all finished remodeling our class A we are hitting the road to visit my family in MD!!!!! WOO HOOO... the only problem with this is I am having trouble finding a campground that is not outrageously expensive for a month and that allows longer then a 14 day stay. I did not think it would be this hard to find a place but it is. I do not want to spend $700-800 dollars plus electric for a month I am not trying to be cheap or anything and this trip is a unexpected trip so trying to save as much money as possible. If anyone reading this knows of a campground maybe on not top of the line in or around the Baltimore area please let me know its not like we will be spending a lot of time there just need hookups for sleeping and all.. Well I am off because I have customers on the lot wanting to buy a tree...
Friday, December 12, 2014
Boynton Beach FL Christmas Tree's
We have been at our new lot for almost a week and we are rocking it out. The have beaten our records everyday and we have already reached our bonus goal now we are tracking towards our super goal and we do not know what that is but we are excited to see if we can reach that goal.
We are having so much fun doing this our crew is really awesome and they are some tree selling fools... we have some fresh trees some of our tree's have snow water on them from when they are cut down in NC. Our cute little table tops seem to be pretty popular we got 15 of them 2 days ago and we only have 2 left.... we need more but I am pretty sure they have none left. I am some what disappointed that I do not have any room in my rig for a tree I am not used to this it is a little depressing but Todd tells me I have 150 tree's standing but they are not mine. I did not take the hour to pick the perfect tree out and make the workers open 5 trees for me so it was hard for me the get in the Christmas spirit this year. You better believe that next year we are going to make sure there is space in the rig for a tree even if it has to be a small table top but I will make sure there is room for a 5 foot if I get my way!!! lol..
There is one downfall to this whole tree selling well it is not even a downfall just loosing some beauty sleep. We are right behind a Sonic fast food and they are open until 3am... yes 3AM.... and they will play their music so LOUD that I just throw my ear plugs in and I will just drift off into dream land but I can still hear the music and on Tuner Thursday lol.. all the tuner cars roll up at 10pm at night they are really loud so we named it Tuner Thursday,,,, but we are just having a blast that we do not really care at all.....we will sleep once we are all complete the season..
OH BTW update on our water pump that we thought we out.... turns out the water pump is not bad it was just the micro switch.... Todd being a jack of all trades pulled the pump took it apart and narrowed it down to what he thought it was and he fixed it I am not sure how he rebuilt the micro switch to work to make it worked but hell yeah!!!! he did so YES we do not need to get a new water pump....I am so glad Todd knows how to fix almost anything I have a pretty AWESOME HUBBY!!!!
Well I am off the sell some tree's and try to break the lots records from last year and you better believe we plan to blow it out of the water!!!!! 12 Days til Christmas!!!!!!!
We are having so much fun doing this our crew is really awesome and they are some tree selling fools... we have some fresh trees some of our tree's have snow water on them from when they are cut down in NC. Our cute little table tops seem to be pretty popular we got 15 of them 2 days ago and we only have 2 left.... we need more but I am pretty sure they have none left. I am some what disappointed that I do not have any room in my rig for a tree I am not used to this it is a little depressing but Todd tells me I have 150 tree's standing but they are not mine. I did not take the hour to pick the perfect tree out and make the workers open 5 trees for me so it was hard for me the get in the Christmas spirit this year. You better believe that next year we are going to make sure there is space in the rig for a tree even if it has to be a small table top but I will make sure there is room for a 5 foot if I get my way!!! lol..
There is one downfall to this whole tree selling well it is not even a downfall just loosing some beauty sleep. We are right behind a Sonic fast food and they are open until 3am... yes 3AM.... and they will play their music so LOUD that I just throw my ear plugs in and I will just drift off into dream land but I can still hear the music and on Tuner Thursday lol.. all the tuner cars roll up at 10pm at night they are really loud so we named it Tuner Thursday,,,, but we are just having a blast that we do not really care at all.....we will sleep once we are all complete the season..
OH BTW update on our water pump that we thought we out.... turns out the water pump is not bad it was just the micro switch.... Todd being a jack of all trades pulled the pump took it apart and narrowed it down to what he thought it was and he fixed it I am not sure how he rebuilt the micro switch to work to make it worked but hell yeah!!!! he did so YES we do not need to get a new water pump....I am so glad Todd knows how to fix almost anything I have a pretty AWESOME HUBBY!!!!
Well I am off the sell some tree's and try to break the lots records from last year and you better believe we plan to blow it out of the water!!!!! 12 Days til Christmas!!!!!!!
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Moving To A Busy Lot!!
I went to bed telling Todd that I wanted our lot to be busier we had to find a way. Our lot is not selling many tree's at all we are the slowest lot of all the lots we have only sold a total of 36 trees the whole life of the lot and other lots are selling upwards to 100 tree's a day. What we thought was going to be busy busy busy like we wanted it no where near that we are on vacation essentially.
We received a call from the owner the next morning after I asked for our lot to be busier with her asking if we would move to a lot where the managers needed to leave for a emergency. The lot is busier selling 68 trees the day before and it is 38 miles north of Dania Beach. After Todd talked to Kathy he informed her that he needed to talk it over with me first before he made a decision keep in mind I had no idea what the call was about when it came it. Todd said I better be careful what I wish for because now we are not on vacation anymore we are moving to a busier lot... I was jumping for joy so excited. Maybe I should play the lottery and wish to win a million dollars if what I wish for comes true LOL....
The following morning we are scheduled to be at the new lot in Boynton Beach at 9:30 am that means fighting rush hour traffic up through Ft Lauderdale AHHHH.... sitting in traffic for over an hour we made it just in time. We get to the lot and I can see why it is busy we are right across the street from a wal-mart down the street from a huge mall and at the entrance to a shopping center with a lot of great store.The best part of our location is a chick a fila right across the street for me and literally in the parking lot of Sonic for Todd boy does he love their hot dogs there.
There is one down fall for the lot that almost made this a deal breaker we can not jack in water we must use our pump. I think the water pump that is in my rig is the original for 1987 lol.. it sounds pretty bad and we try everything in our power not to have to use it but we have to now uh oh.... we are using the pump for 3 days now and it sounds pretty ugly I do not want to have to replace it unless we have to. Well guess what late last night we come in from selling tree's with sap all over our hands and the lovely ancient water pump we think has gone up..... WAIT as I am typing this Todd thinks just the head went out on it so it might not be as bad but I still need to go buy a part blah......
Selling Christmas tree's has been the most fun we have had since we started full timing. Yes its long days but when you are having so much fun it does not seem as long like it did when we were working with Amazon that just sucked the life out of us lol... There is nothing better then watching a family pick out their perfect tree and even better when a person comes to your lot and buys their first ever real tree I ring my jingles bells when someone converts from fake to a real tree. Here's to hoping we blow last years goal out of the water and to having a great season..... OH and if you are near Boynton Beach come buy a tree!!!!
We received a call from the owner the next morning after I asked for our lot to be busier with her asking if we would move to a lot where the managers needed to leave for a emergency. The lot is busier selling 68 trees the day before and it is 38 miles north of Dania Beach. After Todd talked to Kathy he informed her that he needed to talk it over with me first before he made a decision keep in mind I had no idea what the call was about when it came it. Todd said I better be careful what I wish for because now we are not on vacation anymore we are moving to a busier lot... I was jumping for joy so excited. Maybe I should play the lottery and wish to win a million dollars if what I wish for comes true LOL....
The following morning we are scheduled to be at the new lot in Boynton Beach at 9:30 am that means fighting rush hour traffic up through Ft Lauderdale AHHHH.... sitting in traffic for over an hour we made it just in time. We get to the lot and I can see why it is busy we are right across the street from a wal-mart down the street from a huge mall and at the entrance to a shopping center with a lot of great store.The best part of our location is a chick a fila right across the street for me and literally in the parking lot of Sonic for Todd boy does he love their hot dogs there.
There is one down fall for the lot that almost made this a deal breaker we can not jack in water we must use our pump. I think the water pump that is in my rig is the original for 1987 lol.. it sounds pretty bad and we try everything in our power not to have to use it but we have to now uh oh.... we are using the pump for 3 days now and it sounds pretty ugly I do not want to have to replace it unless we have to. Well guess what late last night we come in from selling tree's with sap all over our hands and the lovely ancient water pump we think has gone up..... WAIT as I am typing this Todd thinks just the head went out on it so it might not be as bad but I still need to go buy a part blah......
Selling Christmas tree's has been the most fun we have had since we started full timing. Yes its long days but when you are having so much fun it does not seem as long like it did when we were working with Amazon that just sucked the life out of us lol... There is nothing better then watching a family pick out their perfect tree and even better when a person comes to your lot and buys their first ever real tree I ring my jingles bells when someone converts from fake to a real tree. Here's to hoping we blow last years goal out of the water and to having a great season..... OH and if you are near Boynton Beach come buy a tree!!!!
Friday, November 28, 2014
Come Buy A Christmas Tree!!!
We are a week or so into selling Christmas tree and we are not doing so hot... :-( I could not be happier to be here selling them I just wish the customer's would come to the lot. We are not an established lot we are a new lot this year so no one really knows the projections for this lot and or what it is capable of. We have had a day were we sold 10 the next day we sold 1 and that has kind of been how it has been a decent day and a bad day. I am hoping that it will get better we decorated one of the the tree's and put lights on it and put it out close to the road hoping that people will see us. Most of the people that have come to the lot told us that we are not that noticeable from the street. We are also going to be some construction lights to illuminate the signs we are very hopeful... Other then selling tree's while I was out heading to the store I caught a glimpse on the ocean and made me never want to leave southern FL uh oh lol.. I know there is so much more out there to see and we just started full-timing this past June so we can not stop now we need to see every state before we ever think about not full-timing anymore I dont think that will ever happen tho.
Hey if you are in southern FL and you need a Christmas tree head to my lot in Dania Beach, FL we have beautiful frasier fur's the freshest you will find just cut off the mountain 5 days ago. :-) :-) :-) The weather is perfect for buying a tree ;-)
Hey if you are in southern FL and you need a Christmas tree head to my lot in Dania Beach, FL we have beautiful frasier fur's the freshest you will find just cut off the mountain 5 days ago. :-) :-) :-) The weather is perfect for buying a tree ;-)
Sunday, November 23, 2014
11/19/2014 My Best Friend Got Engaged!!!!
OK so me and Amanda V have been friends which feels like forever since high school lol.. We are the type of friends that we could not speak for like 1 year or so and pick right back off were we left off like we lost no time. We both know we have busy lives and we may not be able to make time to talk all the time. I love her like a sister she is always there for me no matter what is going on she will listen and not judge she is such a great person. She lives in MD and me and I a home is were you park it so the distance means nothing we are still best friends.
Her and her boyfriend Justin have been together for 10 year!!!!! and he had no put a ring on it until 11/19/2014. He told me two month prior that he was going to ask her and I was so flipping excited and needed to keep a secret from my best friend for how long!!!! OMG!!! he showed me what ring he was going to get it is beautiful!!!! Her favorite band is Slipknot and they were going to a concert that night and she had a dream about him proposing to her at a concert like 2 years prior and he remember that what a great guy so what better time to do it!!!! One of her most favorite song was playing and he turned to her and said "will you be my forever and always" HOW SWEET.. I cried when I read the post I so wish I could have been there I am an emotional person but it was more because she is my bestie and you do not understand how many times we have planned her wedding with no ring lol.. NOW we get to do it for real. I am so happy for them and let the planning begin well we have 670 days to do it so this should be EPIC!!! Love You Amanda and Justin!!!!! Happy Engagement!!!!!
Her and her boyfriend Justin have been together for 10 year!!!!! and he had no put a ring on it until 11/19/2014. He told me two month prior that he was going to ask her and I was so flipping excited and needed to keep a secret from my best friend for how long!!!! OMG!!! he showed me what ring he was going to get it is beautiful!!!! Her favorite band is Slipknot and they were going to a concert that night and she had a dream about him proposing to her at a concert like 2 years prior and he remember that what a great guy so what better time to do it!!!! One of her most favorite song was playing and he turned to her and said "will you be my forever and always" HOW SWEET.. I cried when I read the post I so wish I could have been there I am an emotional person but it was more because she is my bestie and you do not understand how many times we have planned her wedding with no ring lol.. NOW we get to do it for real. I am so happy for them and let the planning begin well we have 670 days to do it so this should be EPIC!!! Love You Amanda and Justin!!!!! Happy Engagement!!!!!
The Christmas Tree's Are Here!!
OK I know I have not been posted as much as I would like and it may continue this way through Christmas. We are managing a Christmas tree lot with Hart T Farm and we are so excited the tree's have arrived today.The past few days we have been spending time getting set up on our lot and going around the neighborhood giving out cards for our lot. We are spending the next month in Dania Beach so if you are in the area and would like to come buy a Christmas Tree please stop by 940 S Federal Hwy Dania Beach, FL 33004 the weather today is beautiful hopefully it will stay like this our previous days have been rainy and a little chilly.
I have a few pictures but I can not post them right now I will post them last along with pictures of our lot all set up and ready holiday fun.
we spend one night in Naples on the way down here and it was awesome our great friends have a beautiful house on beautiful property. We can not wait until when we are released from Christmas Tree's to head back their way. Not before we spend our Christmas at a casino it has been our tradition since we move so much and travel we are almost never near family so we spend the holiday at a casino and eat a buffet lol... we love it. Of course new years will be spent with great friends.
remember you may not hear from me a lot the next month no I have not fallen off the face of the earth and I will post when I get a chance......... Happy Holidays!!!!!
I have a few pictures but I can not post them right now I will post them last along with pictures of our lot all set up and ready holiday fun.
we spend one night in Naples on the way down here and it was awesome our great friends have a beautiful house on beautiful property. We can not wait until when we are released from Christmas Tree's to head back their way. Not before we spend our Christmas at a casino it has been our tradition since we move so much and travel we are almost never near family so we spend the holiday at a casino and eat a buffet lol... we love it. Of course new years will be spent with great friends.
remember you may not hear from me a lot the next month no I have not fallen off the face of the earth and I will post when I get a chance......... Happy Holidays!!!!!
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Heated Blanket Make A World Of Difference
A couple of weeks ago when we were in Campbellsville, KY and it started getting really cold we made the decision to buy a heated blanket. We went to Wal-mart and we stared at all the blankets they had also even considered a heated mattress pad. I decided against the mattress pad I am a hot blooded person always hot even when it is cold I still sleep with a fan on and it bothers my husband to death he freezes because I cant sleep without it so I would feel that I would get to hot with the heated mattress pad so a heated blanket it is. We bought a twin size blanket for a queen bed I know you are thinking why??? well we did not want it to hang off the bed to much and I still wanted to have some of the bed without the blanket for if I get to hot I can stick my feet out lol... oh and the other reason was the price!!!
We put it on the bed and turned it on and the puppies flocked to it they are in love <3 there are 6 settings range from warm to sweat your a$$ off haha and yes they all work well. We started with the heated blanket on top of our comforter it was heated really well not to hot but it was warm also with it being on top it was heating the whole camper no kidding. We could turn the blanket on 5 and the camper would come up 3 degrees it was very cool we are not using out heat during the night since we and all the animals sleep in the bed with us we keep the heat at 60 when we wake up we have the heat set for 65 during the day but we keep the blanket on and it keep the place nice and toasty. 3 days ago it was really cold where we were visiting my sister in-law and we decided to put the heated blanket in between the comforter and sheet this made a huge difference under the blankets it is much warmer heat rises and with it having to were to rise to we are even more toasty under the blankets the pups love it Sammie if she feels overheated she will come out and lay on top.
I know a lot of people are hesitant to buy a heated blanket for their camper for the rick of a fire. These are everyday household (appliance) tested by underwriters laboratories they are just as safe as using a toaster. I feel that it cuts down on the usage of propane for heat because the blanket heats so well. If you are worried about a fire safety here is something to think about. We left the blanket down one day plugged in and on and Cosmo decided that he wanted to chew one of the wires. Once he chewed the wires the blanket shut off and stopped working so sparks no fire so I have to say we feel better knowing that if something like this happens again that it will just shut off. The blanket also has a feature that if you leave it on 10 hours it will turn off after 10 hours of being on that is not so good if you turn it on when you go to bed and sleep 10 hours and it goes off we def know when that happens we just reach over to the remote and turn it back on and it heats right up in under 2 minutes.
I think this is one of our best buys for the camper it saves us on propane and it makes for a cozy toasty sleep oh and the puppies and cat LOVE IT!!!!!
Lazy Days and Making Cookies!!
The past three days have been lazy days those days were you do not get out of your night clothes and just veg and watch TV all day yes we did that the past few days and boy did it feel good. Robin has caught and cold so we are staying clear of her LOL I asked her not to share with us hahah We have made she while she was sick that her puppy dakota gets to go outside and play. Her and Cosmo are boyfriend and girlfriend and they are going to miss each other when we leave. They play and run around together these dogs are so fast you can not catch them to save your life but they sure are cute when they are running free the looks on their faces just make me so happy. Until it come time to catch them lol. then that smile turns to a serious face and they do not care they will run circles around you haha.
Robin is feeling somewhat better so she asked me if I would like to bake cookies with her today of course I said yes I love baking cookies. I get in the house and she has all the ingredients out and I am about to just put all of them in a one time. She freaked out and said no you have to put them in the order it says otherwise the cookies will not turn out lol.. so i just sat bake and read the recipes to her and she did all the hard work hahaha… i just reaped the benefits delicious crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside she makes a perfect cookie I guess putting them in order as they say really work… maybe that is why my cookies are never crispy lol…. Todd loves Robins cookies we(she) made about 5 1/2 dozen and between Todd and David almost all the cookies were gone I had a few :-(
Robin is feeling somewhat better so she asked me if I would like to bake cookies with her today of course I said yes I love baking cookies. I get in the house and she has all the ingredients out and I am about to just put all of them in a one time. She freaked out and said no you have to put them in the order it says otherwise the cookies will not turn out lol.. so i just sat bake and read the recipes to her and she did all the hard work hahaha… i just reaped the benefits delicious crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside she makes a perfect cookie I guess putting them in order as they say really work… maybe that is why my cookies are never crispy lol…. Todd loves Robins cookies we(she) made about 5 1/2 dozen and between Todd and David almost all the cookies were gone I had a few :-(
Going Fishing!!!
OK city girl going fishing……..HAHAHA
We needed to get a fishing license I have never had one in my life I am excited to have one lol… Since we are Florida residence we can get a free shoreline fishing license you can not step in the water if you are caught standing in the water fishing you will get a pretty fine you do not have to worry about me standing in the water now it is kind of chilly. Off the Mashes sands a little pier where Robin and David so some of their best fishing they claim…;-) First we stop at a place called crumbs…. it reminds me of a truck stop but for people going fishing. This place had everything fishing related you could think of I found a cute little pink fishing rode that I like but I should make sure I like fishing before I buy one. Robin bought bait to fish with poor little shrimp and squid….ewww.. I will not be touching the bait.
We get to the pier and there are a few people there and someone was in Robins favorite fishing spot on the pier she started to wine…. she wanted her spot but settled for a different spot until the left. Todd baited my hook for me and now here comes my casting lesson. I had a push button rode apparently it is easy to use for first timers like me. Todd said hold the button and when the rode is almost in front of you let the button go BUT HOLD ON TO THE RODE and watch it fly…. OK here goes nothing Todd yells take cover first timer what a great way to put the spot light on me :-(…… and there she flies I was told I have a great cast I am not sure if they are just telling me that to make me feel good or if its true. Through out the day everyone kept telling me that.. I would have to think its true I am a natural at casting LMAO. We sat for about 2 hours with no bites but Robin she caught a very cool fish it looked like it had hands and feet it was called a sea Robin ironic right her name is Robin and she caught a sea Robin lol it was cute.
Waiting and waiting and I am not catching anything Todd caught 2 cute fish David Robin’s husband climbed down the side of the pier according to him there was a lot of nice lurs?? and setups?? down there he went 3/4 of the way around the pier and came up with nice stuff about $40 worth of fishing stuff Robin was not happy with him climbing around like a monkey Todd and I were egging him on lol… HOLY CRAP I caught my very first fish ever in my life.. it was a trash fish a real fish but everyone around me called it trash so I guess it was not a goo caught go back home little fishy I thought he was adorable. About 3 minutes later I was reeling in my line because I wanted to move and I feel something pull………out of nowhere I caught a Sea Robin…. such a little cutie took some pictures of both catches and threw them back home. Messed around another hour or so caught another 2 trash fishes and we packed it up and left….guess who had the most catches today……………….. ME was it first timers luck or am I a awesome fisher women lol.. who knows Todd caught 3 Robin caught 3 and David caught fishing line,lurs,and set ups lol makes for a great day of fishing.
heading home David has decided with all the money he saved on finding all the fishing gear today on the pier lol.. he is going to take us out to dinner… That is very awesome of them. We went to place called The Coastal a cute little restaurant near the pier with fresh seafood. Robin and I ordered the shrimp platter fresh gulf shrimp baby David and Todd ordered burgers they were fresh made not frozen and they were very yummy made me want a burger as well but the shrimp were so fresh and yummy I was happy with my choice. Dinner was great now we are headed home I had the best day I learned how to fish caught some fish and spent some awesome time with family…… Will I go fishing again???? what do you think???? YES as long as I can throw all I catch back and do not have to touch the bait or fish lol.. city girl fishing is what I will call it.
We needed to get a fishing license I have never had one in my life I am excited to have one lol… Since we are Florida residence we can get a free shoreline fishing license you can not step in the water if you are caught standing in the water fishing you will get a pretty fine you do not have to worry about me standing in the water now it is kind of chilly. Off the Mashes sands a little pier where Robin and David so some of their best fishing they claim…;-) First we stop at a place called crumbs…. it reminds me of a truck stop but for people going fishing. This place had everything fishing related you could think of I found a cute little pink fishing rode that I like but I should make sure I like fishing before I buy one. Robin bought bait to fish with poor little shrimp and squid….ewww.. I will not be touching the bait.
We get to the pier and there are a few people there and someone was in Robins favorite fishing spot on the pier she started to wine…. she wanted her spot but settled for a different spot until the left. Todd baited my hook for me and now here comes my casting lesson. I had a push button rode apparently it is easy to use for first timers like me. Todd said hold the button and when the rode is almost in front of you let the button go BUT HOLD ON TO THE RODE and watch it fly…. OK here goes nothing Todd yells take cover first timer what a great way to put the spot light on me :-(…… and there she flies I was told I have a great cast I am not sure if they are just telling me that to make me feel good or if its true. Through out the day everyone kept telling me that.. I would have to think its true I am a natural at casting LMAO. We sat for about 2 hours with no bites but Robin she caught a very cool fish it looked like it had hands and feet it was called a sea Robin ironic right her name is Robin and she caught a sea Robin lol it was cute.
Waiting and waiting and I am not catching anything Todd caught 2 cute fish David Robin’s husband climbed down the side of the pier according to him there was a lot of nice lurs?? and setups?? down there he went 3/4 of the way around the pier and came up with nice stuff about $40 worth of fishing stuff Robin was not happy with him climbing around like a monkey Todd and I were egging him on lol… HOLY CRAP I caught my very first fish ever in my life.. it was a trash fish a real fish but everyone around me called it trash so I guess it was not a goo caught go back home little fishy I thought he was adorable. About 3 minutes later I was reeling in my line because I wanted to move and I feel something pull………out of nowhere I caught a Sea Robin…. such a little cutie took some pictures of both catches and threw them back home. Messed around another hour or so caught another 2 trash fishes and we packed it up and left….guess who had the most catches today……………….. ME was it first timers luck or am I a awesome fisher women lol.. who knows Todd caught 3 Robin caught 3 and David caught fishing line,lurs,and set ups lol makes for a great day of fishing.
heading home David has decided with all the money he saved on finding all the fishing gear today on the pier lol.. he is going to take us out to dinner… That is very awesome of them. We went to place called The Coastal a cute little restaurant near the pier with fresh seafood. Robin and I ordered the shrimp platter fresh gulf shrimp baby David and Todd ordered burgers they were fresh made not frozen and they were very yummy made me want a burger as well but the shrimp were so fresh and yummy I was happy with my choice. Dinner was great now we are headed home I had the best day I learned how to fish caught some fish and spent some awesome time with family…… Will I go fishing again???? what do you think???? YES as long as I can throw all I catch back and do not have to touch the bait or fish lol.. city girl fishing is what I will call it.
Off To The Lighthouse!!! Hoping To See Some Gators
Today we are going to go the the lighthouse that we saw from the boat. We get to the light house we stop in the museum area right before you head in. We saw a few animals that would be in the St Mark refuge where the lighthouse is. The road to the light house is surrounded by the refuge it is pretty cool they had a controlled burn today so it was all black from the burn.there is water and swamp on both side it is about 7 miles to the lighthouse we are driving really slow because normally there are tons of gators laying on the side of the road and in the water and on the banks of the water. On the way back to the light house we saw a few little gators Robin was on the hunt for what she called the biggin lol.. We are about 1 mile from the light house and where Robin and David launch their boat we pull in and see a decent size gator laying on the other side of the water we got as close as we could and took some pictures it was awesome seeing one up close and personal in the wild lol.. we have seen them at the alligator farm in St Augustine but never in the wild.
We make it back to the lighthouse it is beautiful about 1 week prior to us getting here there was a monarch butterfly festival here so there were still some monarchs hanging around from the migration here I was able to get some really good close pictures while there were hanging around the butterfly bush they were beautiful and colorful I know my mom would love to see them up close so I took tons of pictures for her lol.. your welcome mom :-) Next we walk around the back side of the lighthouse there is a small little beach back here with white sand not very long but we walk it I took my shoes off and I was in heaven with my toes in the sand it was so soft and white. Took a picture from the beach of the light house and it looks like a post card picture lol..
We head out and we are just about out of the refuge and on the right we see a huge gator laying on the bank we stop I took a picture we notice there is a bike trail and we pull off and we got out of the car and were able to get within 10-15 feet from the gator. There was another car there looking and they called us crazy for getting out of the car. Todd and I walked down to the water and that was the closest we wanted to get to the gator he was just laying there yes we are crazy but hey where else can you get that close to one with out getting hurt or eaten LMAO.. after getting pictures we looked down in the water and turned around and looked in a little underpass and saw tons of blue crab of course you can not crab in the refuge otherwise I would be having crab for dinner lol.. As soon as we turned around the gator moved into the water some it was like he was trying to sneak up on us and attack we kept a sharp eye on him haha. It was so cool to get that close to one and get some awesome pictures. Jokingly I told Todd he was not allowed to get really close because I do not have life insurance on him LMAO….
On the way home Robin asked us if we ever been to a sulfer hole….NO…so she took us to one the water is so clear everyone swims in it supposed to be good for you complexion maybe I will take a swim there is almost no wildlife in it and def no gators but one thing for sure was it smelled like rotten eggs but supposedly when you swim in it you do not smell like it lol..
We make it back to the lighthouse it is beautiful about 1 week prior to us getting here there was a monarch butterfly festival here so there were still some monarchs hanging around from the migration here I was able to get some really good close pictures while there were hanging around the butterfly bush they were beautiful and colorful I know my mom would love to see them up close so I took tons of pictures for her lol.. your welcome mom :-) Next we walk around the back side of the lighthouse there is a small little beach back here with white sand not very long but we walk it I took my shoes off and I was in heaven with my toes in the sand it was so soft and white. Took a picture from the beach of the light house and it looks like a post card picture lol..
We head out and we are just about out of the refuge and on the right we see a huge gator laying on the bank we stop I took a picture we notice there is a bike trail and we pull off and we got out of the car and were able to get within 10-15 feet from the gator. There was another car there looking and they called us crazy for getting out of the car. Todd and I walked down to the water and that was the closest we wanted to get to the gator he was just laying there yes we are crazy but hey where else can you get that close to one with out getting hurt or eaten LMAO.. after getting pictures we looked down in the water and turned around and looked in a little underpass and saw tons of blue crab of course you can not crab in the refuge otherwise I would be having crab for dinner lol.. As soon as we turned around the gator moved into the water some it was like he was trying to sneak up on us and attack we kept a sharp eye on him haha. It was so cool to get that close to one and get some awesome pictures. Jokingly I told Todd he was not allowed to get really close because I do not have life insurance on him LMAO….
On the way home Robin asked us if we ever been to a sulfer hole….NO…so she took us to one the water is so clear everyone swims in it supposed to be good for you complexion maybe I will take a swim there is almost no wildlife in it and def no gators but one thing for sure was it smelled like rotten eggs but supposedly when you swim in it you do not smell like it lol..
Went Out On The Silver Bullet!!
Today is supposed to be a beautiful day the morning is crisp and cool but the afternoon is supposed to warm up nice with the sun shining. We have been doing nothing the past few days just to relax before we head south and sell Christmas trees btw we are so excited to get down to Dania Beach where the weather is in the 70’s and 80’s during the day my skin is longing for some warm sunshine. Robin asks us if we would like to go out on the boat and instead of going out in the ocean go up a river around here with cypress trees, turtles and GATORS!!! lol… well sure why not as long as the gators can not eat us. We are not on a huge boat like we were before we are on David’s boat they call it the silver bullet…. it is a awesome name but it is not what you are thinking….something fast right???? NO this little boat is adorable aluminum that is why it got is name. It can seat 3 we made it seat 4 lol.. it just pokes along but it was perfect for the river ride today. I got a lot of pictures we DID NOT see a gator but we saw a few turtles and birds and a lot of trees that were beautiful and the colors changing it made for a awesome ride and lots a great pictures!!!
We are small and the river is narrow there were some huge boats in there like something that should be in the ocean these things were flying by us YES their waves caught us and we were kinda of tippy…..NO we did not tip over thank goodness lol.. but the waves did jump in the boat and soak me since I was up at the nose of the boat ….yucky swamp water lol….. it was so much fun tho made for a great day it was warm until the sun started to go down we did come prepared with some sweat shirts. toward the end of the trip the motor kept stalling out something about the idle speed and boy did I have to pee this boat could not get me back to the dock fast enough. Everyone knows me knows I am a city girl I will NOT use the bathroom in the woods… they all joked with me saying we could pull up on the bank there and you can head in the woods and do your business we will not leave you…. HAHHAHA yeah right NEVER…. finally David got the boat at a nice idle speed and we were headed to the dock…….. Thanks to Robin we brought two cars so she could take me home to use the potty… I love boat rides but no matter how many times I use the bathroom before we head out I always have to pee while out on the ride it happened when we were out in the gulf as well… I am glad we were not planning on a day trip out there I would have been screwed :-) :-) photos will be added later.... need to find my camera!!! sorry
We are small and the river is narrow there were some huge boats in there like something that should be in the ocean these things were flying by us YES their waves caught us and we were kinda of tippy…..NO we did not tip over thank goodness lol.. but the waves did jump in the boat and soak me since I was up at the nose of the boat ….yucky swamp water lol….. it was so much fun tho made for a great day it was warm until the sun started to go down we did come prepared with some sweat shirts. toward the end of the trip the motor kept stalling out something about the idle speed and boy did I have to pee this boat could not get me back to the dock fast enough. Everyone knows me knows I am a city girl I will NOT use the bathroom in the woods… they all joked with me saying we could pull up on the bank there and you can head in the woods and do your business we will not leave you…. HAHHAHA yeah right NEVER…. finally David got the boat at a nice idle speed and we were headed to the dock…….. Thanks to Robin we brought two cars so she could take me home to use the potty… I love boat rides but no matter how many times I use the bathroom before we head out I always have to pee while out on the ride it happened when we were out in the gulf as well… I am glad we were not planning on a day trip out there I would have been screwed :-) :-) photos will be added later.... need to find my camera!!! sorry
Going Out On A Boat
David Robin’s Husband works at Shields Marina and he gets to rent boats for free score!!!. It warmed up nice today so we are going out on a boat. We have a few things to do this morning before we go out on the boat. Todd ran out of E-juice so we needed to find a vapor store. Robin has a guy she goes to all the time so we end up there and Todd find a new flavor he likes after only tasting 2 Banana Champaign he loves most banana flavors but this one tasted just like the flavor he got when we lived in Jacksonville it tastes like Banana candy from runts. We also head to the grocery store we are doing taco’s 2 ways for dinner pork taco’s Robin is making and chicken taco’s we are making. Dinner is in the crock-pot now off to the boat.
We get a nice boat to go out on David made sure we got a boat that was dependable. Out to the gulf we go. We pass the lighthouse that we are going to go see on land the next few days go a picture of it from a far cant wait to get a close up. We start talking about sharks, dolphin's and manatee’s. Normally where we are on the boat there are a lot of manatee’s this time there are none that is a shame I was looking forward to seeing some I have never seen one in person before oh well there is always a next time. We are heading out really far in the gulf and I am loving it we get to buoy #3 and what we saw was a huge surprise about 5 dolphins swimming toward us. I whipped out my camera and started taking pictures. This is soooo cool I know I have seen dolphins in the aquarium and all but no up close and personal I was in awe. David turns the motor off and we sit there drifting for about 1 hour and we see tons of dolphins 3 different groups all with 5-6 in each group. We were so excited after we drifted so far we headed back into the marina I needed to us the restroom otherwise I could have sat out there all day watching the dolphins. We had a great time when we got back it was almost closing time we turned in the boat and headed home it was an awesome day had an awesome dinner them settled in for a good nights sleep we had a busy fun day.
We get a nice boat to go out on David made sure we got a boat that was dependable. Out to the gulf we go. We pass the lighthouse that we are going to go see on land the next few days go a picture of it from a far cant wait to get a close up. We start talking about sharks, dolphin's and manatee’s. Normally where we are on the boat there are a lot of manatee’s this time there are none that is a shame I was looking forward to seeing some I have never seen one in person before oh well there is always a next time. We are heading out really far in the gulf and I am loving it we get to buoy #3 and what we saw was a huge surprise about 5 dolphins swimming toward us. I whipped out my camera and started taking pictures. This is soooo cool I know I have seen dolphins in the aquarium and all but no up close and personal I was in awe. David turns the motor off and we sit there drifting for about 1 hour and we see tons of dolphins 3 different groups all with 5-6 in each group. We were so excited after we drifted so far we headed back into the marina I needed to us the restroom otherwise I could have sat out there all day watching the dolphins. We had a great time when we got back it was almost closing time we turned in the boat and headed home it was an awesome day had an awesome dinner them settled in for a good nights sleep we had a busy fun day.
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