Catch Up

Hi everyone, well I am stuck in a hotel for the night so it is my chance to update you all with what has been going on over the last two months. Let’s see, June and July were very busy on the boats, 24 and 19 days respectively, August was very quiet (7 days) which was a nice break.

I have had some variation in the boats I have been going out on; I got to try near shore dragging, pot fishing for black cod, and tuna fishing. The last was so much fun, it was on the pot boat and we just decided to try tuna fishing for the day as it is a open fishery, no permit required, and we caught about 20 fish. Oh and now about 20lbs of tuna is in my freezer and I have been trying every recipe I can find, but still the best was 2 minute of Sashimi, talk about fresh!

Lately I have got a lot of work done on the house, the upstairs bathroom is finished, and if I do say so it looks good. I am now starting on the kitchen and all the windows which I will be replacing.

So where am I now? I am in Bellingham, Washington (1hr north of Seattle) waiting for a boat. On the was up I spent a great two days with Rachel Holser and her family at their lovely place in Gig Harbor, going on some beautiful sea kayak paddles, a great trail run, and just relaxing around the house.

Well when I get back from the boat I will try and have so more to write, and the local library just got high speed wireless so I may be able to post more often.

Well I am sending my love to everyone, and to those back at school have a great quarter, to the cross-country guys, run hard, and to Bobby, Natalie, Cody, and Jess, congratulations on getting to the halfway mark of the CDT, you are an inspiration.

With Love
Shaun