Adventures

Adventures

Sukij, I would like to share a few of our many fun and funny moments: Canoing and camping along the Potomac River (23-mile trip down stream): This sure was an excellent adventure for all. It was a very dry and hot summer I remember. The river was low but we stroked, rowed and even walked and dragged our canoes down the river. Tony, Astha, Sasha, Mike, you and I persevered and continued...nothing stopped us. I remember looking forward to the "Banana Boats" (bananas split in half and filled with chocolate and marshmallows roasted over the fire) Sasha kept raving about. Those were good. Haha...I remember getting our breakfast ready one of the mornings and you were putting the portable stove together. All of a sudden I heard you say "OH MY GOSH!" Everyone looked up and your head was covered in all this white ash. As you brushed the ash off you said, "My hair was on fire!" Apparently, the gas had leaked and caused a little flare up. We were all surprised you didn't jump into the river to cool off :-)

Fishing: Whether it's surf fishing at Assateague Island, along the Potomac River, Kent Island, at Ocean City, or on a head boat on the Chesapeake we had a great time even if the fish did out-smart and out-wit us. One trip that comes to mind is when we camped out near the beach and surf fished at Assateague. That was my first time using live eels as bait. I really did not enjoy baiting the lines with those squiggly things. But those eels did the trick. We landed a baby sand shark! We dug a hole in the sand near the water and we admired it for a bit until it made its way back into the ocean water. That was very cool. Sukij, thanks for unhooking that catch from the line! We learned a Iot from one another during these trips. The company is what made these trips so special. You instilled more confidence and a can-do attitude in my character, you challenged me with questions about life and setting goals, and you taught me that there are endless possibilities out there as long as I strive for those goals. Please enjoy the attached pictures: The journey down the Potomac in Mr. Apple's canoes. And a picture of one of our catches in Stoehr's boat.

With much love,

Jeff