Great Adventure

Had a wonderful opportunity to go fishing with my Dad and Christian my 15 year old son...

Sunday after church we took off for Neah Bay the furthest Northwest point of the lower 48. It had changed drastically in the 16 years since I have been there. But the fishing is still some of the best in the world, and the scenery to die for.

The first morning we went out and caught a bunch of bottom fish and were surrounded by Grey Whales spoutting off all around us. Christian asked if I would cook some of the fish when we got back to the RV. I told him I would, but after 11 hours on the boat and another hour and a half of cleaning fish and the boat out I could hardly see straight so I bailed on cooking...

Next morning we headed out (porpoises escorting us, on the bow) to Canadian waters for Halibut fishing. Again Christian asked me if I would cook some of the fish that we were catching. I figured the right thing to do was to say yes, but I gave him a qualification: "If you catch something over 10 pounds I will cook fish. Within two minutes he hooked up with what would eventually be a 67 lb Halibut bleeding all over the boat....that night we shared a meal of some of the best fish any of us had ever tasted.

I made a judgement call to keep Christian out of school for his first two days of High School... His schooling is vital but the education, sights, sounds and relationship building that happened on this trip will be something we will always have as an outstanding memory.

Redeem your time, make the most of every opportunity.

God Bless,

Duane