4th of July 2012

Just back. We got to take the Ramblin over to the Island for another great DRYC cruise. It was a great Guys weekend. Thomas' good friend Daniel came along. AND Daniel's Dad, Steve, came along. He was great company for me. Thomas and Daniel took charge of the crossing. I lounged downstairs with Steve for much of the Crossing. How great that Thomas is able to run the boat with enough skill that I could actually relax! It is stressful enough to get everyone on board and all the supplies loaded up.

The crossing was some good smooth water and no shipping issues. Some larger swells made it interesting but not anything the Ramblin' can't handle. We had some great times at the island. Even played Softball. Thomas and Daniel had lots of experience playing ball together so it went well.

And as usual the cruise is a reunion of many fun friends. The big tables at the landing were full of happy people and eventually heaping servings of good food.

We walked over to the Two Harbors' far side and watched the fireworks. Good fun. This was followed by dancing at the Doug's Harbor Reef. As usual the kids are out on the dance floor in mass until the 10 pm cut off. We decided to Not hurry home. We took the day to hike. With Thomas hurrying ahead like a Jack Rabbit he left us all to suck wind trying to scale the side of the mountain. We took water breaks and avoided a heart attack or heat stroke.

But the views at the top were worth it!

Thomas did a stunt on us and hid over the edge... But he came back up and did slow down for a photo with dad.

It was another thing to get down! Thomas lead us on a loop. OMG was this slippery slope going to dump us into a bunch of cactus? Luckily we did survive it. Daniel did have a blow out and destroyed one on his shoes. Funny stuff.

Then on Monday we did finally head for home. We took the time to fish and give the boys a bit of time to Snorkel and explore the beautiful waters of Catalina.

I'm very happy with the trip and the boat performed great!

I even got some help washing the boat this time. Loved it. Fish Wish Granted. We had a good and safe trip. Keith

Fishing show in Orange

Yesterday I paid a visit to the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Festival at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Wish I knew a few days ago that if you got a Diawa reel at the show the Diawa booth would match it with a Rod and Hat and Shirt free. Now you tell me. The seminars were cool. Calico fishing tips. White Seabass fishing tips. I had very attentive ears. Some great fishing tips. Some very knowledgeable folks to talk to in the booths too. Ran across radio talk show host Sergio Fainsztein of course. And also saw a fishing pal Bradley S. Schnair there with some of his newer lure designs. AND I loved that Ballast Point was there pouring some very tasty beer! If you know me you know I like beer while fishing or talking fishing. www.BallastPoint.com I really like the Yellowtail! This stuff rocks cool art of Fish on the outside and really tasty beers inside! Yes I had a good time. My fishy need sorta solved for now. Waiting for the bite to start and the water to clear before I start up the engines on Ramblin'.

We had a very fun MDRA fishing trip last night. Well done & Thank you Stan! Some photos are now in the photo album section of:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mdranglers/

Look for album... 2012-04-19 - BettyO Fishing trip (tip, sort the list of photo albums by "last modified") You can even add your own photos if you want.

I had fun. Met some new members. And tried out my new camera.

What do you think of this one? I love this stuff.

Fish Wish granted. It was a smooth night on the water. Tight Lines, Keith L.

MDRA Awards Dinner

I had the fun responcibility of being the MC on Saturday (Feb 18th 2012) at the MDRA Awards dinner.

AND got to give my best friend (in LA) a Angler of the Year award.

Cool Stuff.

I kinda like this stuff.

Keith

Fishing trip Jan 2012

My first Ramblin' fishing trip of Twenty Twelve.

Took a couple of MDRA guys out to run the boat and do a little fishing.

All in all it was a nice fishing day (Saturday. Jan 28th). Got to put my new fishing license to work. Will try to fish in all 12 months of "twenty twelve." Now if Only I could put a weight slip in to MDRA in each of the 12 months. That is much harder given the lack of fish biting yesterday.

Locally we had small craft advisories. Due to wind concerns. But that has to do with the entire Los Angeles weather pattern. Most has to do with blowing over trucks on the high mountain passes. If the conditions are right we could have bad weather in the bay or even a big Santa Ana cna bash Avalon Harbor.

This was not the case for yeasterday. Yes I checked the weather. So we went out on the Ramblin' and were rewared with fantastic conditions and views.

All the scared-d-cats are at the docks so we had very few boats on the water. The weather was great. The water was flat. Wind was nominal. I was in the south half of Santa Monica Bay. Not north up in Malibu under the steep canyons anyhow.

The one item we did need was a hot spot with biting fish! It was not a good day for catching. We did have a great blue sky day on the water. Few boats were out there. Nice dolphin and bait action. We fished from Malaga Cove to PV point and got nothing. Did have some excitement as a nice thresher shark that picked up one of my sardines on the drop and it gave us a terrific show. Even after it bit the line off it still broke the surface for wild slashing of that great big iridescent tail in the afternoon sunshine.

Fish Wish Granted... Good day on the water.

Keith L.

Happy new year 20 12

New years resolutions...

1
To call the new year twenty twelve. Not two thousand twelve.


2
I resolve to use both my right hand and left hand while brushing my teeth.
(train left hand and go easy on my top left gums)

3
...

Still working on the list. Suggestions?

Silly ones are welcome too. ( see # 1 & 2 above)

My son bashed his head open again while skate boarding. Again we get to visit the emergency room.

Quality family time.

Ha.

Trivia of the day - Noosphere

Maybe you or I can use this new word in Scrabble someday.

Word of the Day... noosphere

PRONUNCIATION... (NOH-uh-sfeer)

MEANING... noun: The sum of human knowledge, thought, and culture.

ETYMOLOGY: From French noösphere, from Greek noos (mind) + sphere. Earliest documented use: 1930.

USAGE:
"This avalanche of information is threatening to swallow us whole, to waste our days and to overwhelm our own thoughts. Essentially, it's the noosphere on steroids."

Frank Bures; Digitized to Distraction; National Post (Canada); Nov 15, 2008.

Ha. This leads credence to this sticker I saw...
the quote said... "The Internet makes you Stupid."


Less time on Facebook may save me from myself. Now to accomplish that. How to pull myself away from the tempting titillation of the noosphere?

I post about my dog. About the sunset. About stuff. Isn't my life's trivialities a riveting topic for everyone else? Oh boy that works for this blog too. How true is that.

Will make a post next about my New Years Resolutions. Will I include Facebooking less? Let's see.


More later.

Keith

First New Years Resolution

My first New Years Resolution...

I will try to say "Twenty Twelve" for the new year. 20 12 will be a very profitable year.

Keith

Merry Christmas and Looking forward to a very good 2012

I think this is the best Holiday Card for this season.

Hopping you all had a nice holiday filled with family and love. Now as we look at the new year we turn to 20 12 with aspirations for a very profitable year.

I think the new year is going to be very good. This video is a great summery of The City this holiday season. I can really relate to it. Luckily I stayed out of the heave traffic. But the shots of the fireworks on the beach was when I was in the MDR Boat parade. So I was up close and personal with them when that shot was taken. Extra cool.

Enjoy...

Snow Globe Los Angeles from All Cut Up Films on Vimeo.

Nice! Right?

Keith