Back Again

Well, it didn't warm up much up here so we headed SOUTH!!! We went to Myrtle Beach, SC and spent a few days at the Beach, relaxed, ate lots of food, toured Brookgreen Gardens, some local attractions, spent time on the Fishing Pier where we were luck enough to stand next to several men as they brought in a very large Blat Tip Shark, it only took them about 45 minutes to get it in but it was exciting to actually be able to touch this awesome creature, it went well over 50 pounds, The Temp at the Beach was just 93, *(HOT).


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We left the Beach and went down to see all the Motorcycles and people as we were right in the middle of "BIKE WEEK" and they were hundreds and hundreds of Motorcycles around in all shapes and sizes, and the people too!

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We left Myrtle Beach and headed down into South Carolina to Bentonville, then over and up to Lynchburg and worked our way up North.
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We were off the beaten path and ran into these 2 "Rebels" encamped with some others up on a mountain somewhere on one of the Battlefields but can't remember where, but they were very friendly to this Old Yankee, even offered us coffee and the chance to look over their shootin irons.
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I think this picture above is out of order as this is Gettysburg where we walked our fanny's off.
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We found this Hallowed Ground off some back road in North Carolina.
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The picture above was taken I think over in Lynchburg, it was a huge Cemetery and very solemn place.

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I took way too many pictures from North and South Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania of the Battlefields and Monuments and am still awestruck at the Magnitude of Human Life lost.

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Well, we got back home and settled in and are starting our weekly fishing trips once a week thru summer.

Today's trip was over to Lake Ontario and then the St. Lawrence River, we went to Chaumont, Clayton, Mud Bay, Fishers Landing, Depauville and Dablon Point and had fun catching and releasing fish all day, above is one of my Honey's Trophies.
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Not to be out done I landed one of these huge babies also BUT Honey caught more than I did.
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In the above picture over my shoulder is a huge "Freighter" coming down the river heading for some port to take on a load of stuff for shipment to some country we support.
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The picture above is that of a "ROUND EYED GOBIE", they are not native to the river, they were released some time ago in the Bilge water of an Ocean Going Freighter and now are out of control in the river, they eat the eggs of the bass, trout and sport fish in the river, I caught about 5 of them in about 5 minutes, State Law requires that if you catch one of these you DO NOT put it back in the water, they don't get that big, about 5 to 6 inches long and the best part is the Seagulls love them so I caught some more and fed them to the sea gulls.

We took a Break and had a nice lunch, fished some more, then headed for home AFTER we stopped for "Ice Creme". All in all a Great Day for us.

Hope everyone is doing OK, HOPE JACK IS NOT WORKING TOO HARD!

As we move towards "Memorial Day" let us not forget our Veterans, and those serving our country.
MAY THEY BE SAFE!!!!!!!