LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT

MY AFTERNOON...
Now, It's been a long week and this just topped it off. I worked late tonight after 5pm to finish up some job we had due 1st thing tomorrow morning.
I go to leave the office and I see this...

The black car is mine.

There is a Jazzersize place next door to my office. You would think that if your going to work out or Jazzersize you may want to walk a little before you went in. Kind of a warm up if you want to call it that. But in there infinite wisdom they decided to part right behind me and block me in the office.

AND......................

RIGHT BEHIND ME....................

Now, I have been at work since 7am and it was now 6:30pm. I really want to leave. But I can not. I'm not too happy at this point.

What should I do?

Flatten there tires?

Siphon out all of there gas?

Stick a banana in there tail pipe? (I love that joke.)

Leave them a note?

Well, I went next door. All I did was ask the owner if he could make an announcement that in the future no one block me in. The owner is a crotchety old man that should not be running an gym or anything else to do with health. Anyway.....

He started to yell at me...

My people know not to park over there.....

Are you the one that parks in my spot...

What?........

Are you talking to me?................

Tick......

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Tick.....

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Tick......

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BEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went OFF...........................

I have been seeing the new commercials for the Incredible Hulk movie. Remember the old Hulk tv show when he use to use the line "Don't make me angry. You would not like me when I'm angry".

NOW I'M ANGRY...

Let just say it was not a good scene. I have never threatened to hurt an old man. But i almost did. After auguring with him for more than 5 minutes and him swearing that none of his class was parked behind me I went back to my car and waited. After a few minutes the 1st car left. She had on leotards. Then the 2nd car left, sweat pants.

I was finally able to leave. I did not think that it could get any worse. It did. I just about got run over by some dude getting on the highway just about ran me over while talking on his cell phone. I could not get home fast enough.

Now I can not wait to go to sleep.

That's enough for tonight.

Later.

PEACE.

DJD

HOLY CRAP

I have not posted anything in about two weeks. Must be something wrong with me. I have been very busy. And I thought about posting at my camper the last two weekends.

Lets get back to business.



MLB....

For all the talk in the off season about the Yankee's, Sox and Blue Jays the story of the 1st two months of baseball has been Florida. The RAY's....

Have you jumped on the bandwagon yet? Hey, I was on this wagon a few weeks ago. I had a feeling about them this year. Al be it weer still before the all star break, but so far it's been a banner year.

I started this entry a week ago.,
I never got really far with this. Just so much happening. And happening every where. i can not keep up.
You know the saying "In his own little world". Well that where I feel like I am at this point. I realize that gas is at 4 bucks a gallon, china had an earthquake, and Baseball is in full swing. But i can not keep up anymore.
I feel lost.
I work, I workout, I fish, I eat, I sleep.
That's about it.

Someone say me....
There has to be something more. I am going to take a good ling ride on the mountain like the weekend and think about something i can do to break up this up.
Maybe I need a vacation?

I don't know.

I'm going to sleep.

Night all.........................

Peace.

DJD

Tuesday Night Run Down...

The Ray's.......
Remember a few post back when I picked the Tampa Bay Ray's to be my bandwagon team? Well...
Seams everyone else has jumped on the wagon. I know it is only April but there in 1st place and will (should) have a winning record at the end of April for the first time in there history.
There ahead of Toronto, New york, and Boston.

Speaking of New York, right now there getting spanked by Detroit 5-2. The Redsox and the Blue Jays are in a 0-0 tie in the 7th.

But Tampa Bay in 1st place? Wow! Rocco Baldelli is not even in the line up. I am just amazed. I was watching sports Center last night and everyone was saying this could not last. In theory I agree with them, but I also think that these are a bunch of kids that are just playing there guts out and having a lot of fun with it. I would like to see them make a serious run at the division. do you think seeing as i have already professed my love for the Ray's that it would not be hypocritical to go out and buy a jersey?

I remember going down to Tampa Bay and seeing a Seattle game the 1st year Ichiro came into the league. it was mod August and there was about 100 people in the stands. We actually got seat right behind the home plate. I was actually sitting right behind a scout from the Mariners. He had actually timed him going to first base. It was something like 3.9 seconds. Which at the time was absolutely amazing. Now, unless your a catcher you can make it to first base in under 5 seconds.

HELLS KITCHEN....................
It's nice to have Gordon Ramsey back on TV. He is like Simon from American Idol but with a knife in his hand.
He serves a $200.00 pizza? Holy crap. that had better be the best pizza I ever had in my life.

SPRINT.......
I keep seeing the commercials for the new Sprint and this new CEO named Dan. Can you actually e-mail this dude? dan@sprint.com
Can you? I'm gonna try it and see what happens. I will let you know tomorrow. After all i have a sprint phone. So technically i am a customer.

There is nothing like breakfast at 10pm in the evening...
I get hungry for eggs late at night. Must be something with me. Ever since I put on the weight I get hungry at the weirdest times of the day. I could go for some coffee cake as well. Maybe with a nice glass of milk.

I'm outta here...................

Peace.

DJD

MOE, LARRY and CURLEY....

Remember the Ducks???

Well, I found out they have been named by a neighbor. Moe, Larry and Curley.

I went fishing this morning and they followed me everywhere.

Here is a couple shots................

I could not believe it. Every time I turned around there they were. I remember seeing them last year every once and a while but not like this.

It was a long day and a long weekend. Gonna cut this short. Have a good night all.

Peace.........................

DJD

Saturday Night in the Camper

I am watching Hoosiers.....


The TV reception in the park is terrible. Thank God for the DVD player. I fell asleep last night watching SpaceBalls. I know someone who will not be thrilled with my movie selection but you can only find so much at the bargain bid in Wal-Mart.


We went fishing just about all day today.


I started at my favorite fishing hole just a few steps from the camper here..






I love this little fishing hole. So far this year I have pulled out

2 salmon, 3 bass, 2 rainbow's and 1 brook trout. Along with a host of other's that got thrown back.

The stream ends here and takes an abrupt left hand turn and then head further south. During the rainy season this rock looks like a ride from an amusement park. Last year when we had all that rain the water was cresting at the mid part of the rock as you see it here.

So I played around in this pool for a better part of an hour ,I think, and then decided to take off down stream and see what I could find.

So I walked for about 15 minutes and wound up here....

Ever spot on this river is absolutely beautiful. The only problem with this spot is that I can see a little construction off in the distance.

This river follows the Army Core Of Engineers water line that I think runs from the dam all the way down to Watertown.

I got just about nothing out of this spot. I hooked a brown trout and got him up to shore. He was only a little guy and as I was bringing him out of the water he wiggled off the hook. Was not a big deal and decided to keep heading down stream.

The trails that the bikes have cut up are pretty impressive. It's like walking threw a tunnel of tree's. Being this early in the season the whole woods smells like fresh cut grass.

So I kept walking. I walked farther this time than I ever have before. Let me back up. I have been this far before but I was on a mountain bike ride and had to pay closer attention to the path than I did site seeing.

I am not sure how far I walked but I can around this benn in the trail and saw this............

OHhhhhhhhhhhhhh..................

BABY.........................

Come to DADDY............



I fished this hole for about an hour. I was just killing this area. They must not have been feed in a week. Soon as I dropped anything in the water they were all over it. I pulled (and released) 6 (count them 6!) keepers. 4 rainbow's, 1 brown and a brook trout.

I was starting to get a little tired and followed the river back. I was taking a little extra time on the way back and dropping down to some of the smaller pools to see what they looked like. One of the more memorable pools was this one where I spent the better part of a half and hour. As I was casting out and playing with some different bait when this caught the corner of my eye.














There were three of them just minding there own business and taking in what was now the afternoon sun. They kept coming up and swimming by me. I could not resist taking a couple more shots. Here ya go..

I got the second picture as they were going down stream to get a bit to eat. I had the camera on auto focus and did not see the tree limb in front of me. But you get the gist of it.

I made my way back to the camper and did a little work around the 2nd home. Went out and got some pizza. I did manage to sneak in another hour down at the little fishing hole a couple of paces down. Pulled up an 8 inch rainbow but it got really dark really quick and decided to come in and take in a movie.
Well, gotta run. Going to get some shut eye. The fish get up pretty early in the morning and I will be waiting for them.

PEACE.......................

DJD

It's Monday

And it feels like Monday.....

We opened the camper this weekend.

That was the best feeling in the world to walk into it and start putting stuff away and getting ready for the season. Above is a shot of the camper. I love this camper. Sleeps 6 comfortable and is a lot of fun.

I do not have the entire thing set up yet. My father should be up there a few days this week and finish up what i have not yet.

One of the best things is at night when we fire up the campfire. We have an old rim as a fire pit and we put the folding chairs around it and sit there for hours and bullshit. Above is a shot of the pit.

Opening day of Fishing season......

I went with just the basics. Just a pole and a few pieces of tackle. And the determination to go catch something. I left the camper and headed down stream to find something. The water lever is descent this time of year bit not where it should be, but good enough so that even the low area's are deep enough to cause a problem.

I headed off the the farthest point and started throwing out. All was good. I got a Pike in one of the deeper pools, hook a nice large mouth in one of the access streams and also wound up playing with a few Rainbows. After a few hours of playing around I was all set to just star heading back up stream and call it a day. UNTIL.................

I saw HIM..................

Right out of the corner of my eye...

2 feet deep....

Sitting in the sun.....

NO, Basking in the sun......

Just casually waving back and forth in the same little spot in a fairly stiff current. He was just sitting there waiting for his lunch. It was about 10ish and I would have thought I would not see anything like him out this time of the late morning. I actually sat there and watched him for a little while. Should I try and get him or should I let him just hang out and enjoy the day? After all I was a day late (It was Sunday) and he had survived opening day Saturday.

F-It. Let's play. If he is going to just sit there and taunt me like that I am going to have to take a shot. So, Find a nice spot about 5 yards behind him and toss the bait up stream and let it float back to him and let him open wide. I did not have my fly rod on my at that point and he did not look like he was too interested in them. So i was just using a worm on a hook and a 4ft ugly stick. I can not tell you how many time i casted off perfectly and and landed about 5-7 feet in front of him nice and softly and it just floated by him. Again, and again, and again, AND AGAIN....

When you get to this moment in your life when you see something in front of you that you really want and you try everything you can to land it and It just does not take the bait there is a few things you can do.

Keep trying,

Give up,

Or keep going till you win.

I do not give up that easily............

(This is like golf for people who can't play golf. I hate putting. I can never read the green right. Go left, go right. I just hit the f-ing thing straight and hope for the best. Fishing on the other hand.. I happen to enjoy and do very well.)

So I took a set on the side of the river. I spoke to him and told him if he let me catch him I would not kill him. I would not eat him. I would not take to my neighbors to kill or eat him. I would put him back. Unharmed. And back in his original spot.

It took him a while but i finally got threw to him. After about another half and hour he finally have in a took the bait. It was a perfect cast. It landed about 8 feet in front of him and caught the current perfectly. Started rolling down street. He saw it, flinched and BANG!, hit it with everything he had. I caught him good on the side of the jaw and knew i had him. He put up a great fight.

Here is where it get interesting...............

He made a bee-line for the log in the center of the stream and actually wound up pulling a buggs bunny around the log. I had to move quick to get the line untangled and i moved a little too quick. I lost my footing, I lost my balance. I did not, however, loose a grip on my pole. I wound up a little more than thigh deep in the river. But, on the brite side I did manage to get a good angle on the log and wound up untangling the line. So I pulled myself back to shore and reeled him in.

TRUE TO MY WORD.........

I let him go....................

But I had a little conversation with him while I was taking him off the line. I told him I would be back and that he would see me again. I am sure that I will see him again. I am sure I will see him again before the season is over. He was as beautiful out of the water as he was in it. I was just sorry that I did not have my camera on me or someone did not walk by to see him. From the tip of his lips to the tip of his tail he was from my index finger to my elbow. Not too shabby for just messing around on a Sunday afternoon.

More pictures will follow....

When the leaves come in and we get the camper all set up I will snap off some more shots and let everyone see the surroundings that I get to see every weekend.

As long as the weather is good this weekend and I have my mountain bike out of the shop I should be able to snap off some pretty good pictures this weekend. Now that I know how to post them you will be seeing more.

PEACE...........................

DJD

THURSDAY NIGHT WRAP

I Love Thursdays.......
Know why? Yup! One day closer to Friday.

Now that the summer is here it is going to be the last day at the house until Sunday night at 7pm. Fridays are a wonderful time, I actually enjoy going to work on Fridays and getting everything done and watching the clock until it hits 5pm. Into the car and off to Thomaston. When i hit the entrance to route 9 i know i am almost there and it is time to kick back and relax. Most people take a week of and go somewhere tropical or that they have never been before, but me, I got the place where i am most comfortable. Hanging out in the sticks of Connecticut (Yes we have wooded area's in CT, ALOT of them) enjoying a late night fire and cooking steaks, potato's and corn on the cob.
(Well I did make someone an offer to go to Punta Cana but I am pretty sure I got turned down. Married. Nuff said.)
After I quit drinking and started actually taking care of my body the woods became a refuge for me. It's not really the WOODS.. We have the 30ft trailer parked at a camp site with about 50 other trailers. But no one really bothers anyone else unless you need help with something and actually ask for it. Anyway, I started working out at this little gym and also mountain biking during the evening and taking the bike to the store and around town. Now when I take my vacation I spend about 10 straight days up there. Here is how the days are going to go.
Wake up.
Eat.
Go to the gym.
Come back and relax.
Go fishing.
Take a bike ride.
Take a nap.
Eat.
Go back to the gym.
Came back and relax.
Eat.
Go fishing.
Build a fire.
Take an afternoon ride.
Sit and relax while making smores.
Go to sleep.
All that between the hours of 7am and 11pm.
Sound good? You bet your ass it does.

The weather just hit the 70's......
I got a call from my mountain bike this morning and it is ready to go. There comes a point during every season that you just know it's that time of the year.....
How do you know?

Baseball really starts getting going.....
Like the Yankee's and Red Sox going into back to back series. Yankee's beat up on the Sox and then the Sox return the favor. Speaking of the Red Sox, when the hell did they pick up Sean Casey from Detroit? How did I miss that trade? Was I in North Carolina? Did this just happen when i was in New Mexico? He looks good in a Sox uniform, Still has the high leg kick to get himself jacked up.
A-Rod is off to a hot start, So is Manny. Speaking of Manny....
This is a contract year for him and he is off to one of the best starts he has had since he was in Cleveland. I think it is because he wants to be put into the same category and people who are in the Hall Of Fame now. He has had some of the best years of his career in Boston. Helped them win tow World Series rings (Two, Count them.) I think he want to be one of the big 3 up here in the eastern states. Right now the THREE is...
#1 - Brady
#2 - A-Rod / Jeter
#3 - Garnett / Peirce / Allen
Schilling is no longer in the conversation because he has not pitched in like two years. Does he still do the http://www.38pitches.com/ blog? I have not been on it in a while. Besides he is hurt and should be rehabbing.

Around the league.....
Random thoughts......
I see the Tigers have finally found out what it is like to win again.
Washington's hot start seams to have cooled off.
The Marlins must really be missing Miggy right about now.
The CUBS suck, They got destroyed by the Reds.
I would hate to be a Philly's fan this year. It looks like there going to bring every game down to the last inning. (Except for today).
Griffey is only 4 home runs away from 600. Why is no one making a big deal about that?

Getting late and i have to get up early.

PEACE................

DJD