Good As It Gets For Today
May 4th, 2008 by ACTivist
I left yesterday around 4 in the morning for a relaxing vacation. On the road and headed for Wake Forest to pick-up mama. Imagine my surprise when we arrived. Seems that Hilly, the man hater, was doing a stump for the cracker po’ white vote. Before you could say “Yankees! Fire!” we were on the road again. This happened before breakfast and I’m just glad there wasn’t more of a delay.
Heading to Myrtle you have to go thru Chadbourn-the strawberry capitol. I couldn’t figure out what all the dust was off in the distance. Once we got to the single traffic light, we saw what the deal was. Can you say “strawberry festival?” We are talking bigtime here. The dust was from the hotrod riding lawnmowers-and those babies can really cook! We had outdoor barbaques, classic car show and parade. Life is good. The simplistic things of small towns and the south.
Moving onward without further interruption we made it to Myrtle where we settled in for a cool spring’s night. The spring “breakers” are gone and the bikers haven’t arrived yet. Just fishing, catching up on times with old friends (which for the older crowd consists of what ailments, what operations and who died), partaking (embibbing) of the favorite beverage(s), eating and soaking up the rays.
Now if you all are headed down this way, look me up. Otherwise I will check-in to see the news and update this post with what I’ve caught and how big. Maybe even some earth-shattering news if they re-open the Sante Fe restaurant. We’ll see.
Update 5/5 Soaked up some rays. Got extra zzz’s. Went fishing but caught nada. Same with crabs. We went and got ice cream and they make some monster banana splits. Toasted Almond and cheese with crackers. Dinner. Another slow day in paradise. I might do something tomorrow but don’t hold your breath!
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May 4th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
nicely done!
May 4th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
How cool, ACT. Wish I was along for the ride. Look forward to some fishing reports.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Southern Living and Fishing, whats not to like.
Make sure you don’t leave until well after the Democrat primary. You don’t want to ruin a perfectly good vacation by driving through left over Obama / Clinton residue.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:08 am
How can anyone LIKE Myrtle Beach?!? Honky Tonk central.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:11 am
You just answered your own question, you silly woman.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:18 am
I remember going there when I was in the Corps. Had both good and bad experiences.
May 5th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
If you like golf Myrtle is a great place.
You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a golf course.
We were there last summer for my daughters dance competition and had a good time.
May 6th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
There are no gyrenes around here. Just ocean, college kids, old people and plenty of restaurants. I was so bored doing nothing that I watched the Hollow-suit/Man-hater comp of Indiana and N.C. The commentaries made my day. Had some more ice cream. Think I’ll go fishing again in the morning.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Went fishing. Caught fish. Soaked up rays. Had toasted almond. Ate ribs. Watched a marathon of Contry Fried Home Videos on CMT. Rednecks and idiots are so much fun. You guys need a vacation. Life is good. Ta-ta.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
I want fishing reports when you get home, bro’.
Just give us a hint: You using shrimp? Sand fleas? Artificials? Fishing on the top or the bottom?
May 9th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Don’t use cut-bait unless you want blue, skate or shark. Live shrimp is best but the small ones aren’t available. Artificial bloodworm, shrimp bits are doing best. Lures don’t work now. Flounder is too small and the drum just ain’t running yet. Crab isn’t working either. I caught the only one for 87 miles the first day I trapped. Bone dry since.
Plenty of ‘cuda out. Best bait for that is “stud”.