While I guess I can't really complain about the weather here when it was -8 this morning in Kalamazoo, Key West is experiencing somewhat of a cold snap. Which wouldn't be so bad, except I didn't really pack for a Key West cold snap. I didn't even pack a sweatshirt, or, as I realized, a windbreaker, which would have been really useful. It has been about mid 60s here for the past few days, which isn't so bad in the house, but we went out on the fishing boat yesterday and I froze my butt off. I didn't think about how windy it would be, and boy was I sorry! We went out on a boat belonging to Grandma Candis' friends Dave and Beth, and their captain took us out for a few hours to take the boys fishing for real. They have been using their Spongebob Squarepants fishing poles to "fish" off the dock in back of the house, but without hooks or bait, they weren't really going to catch anything. So we went out on the boat, Jungle, the captain, set up a few poles, and within a few minutes, Riley had caught his first fish ever! It was a little pinfish, about 4 or 5 inches long, but he was so excited. Connor took a little longer, but eventually he came up with a few as well. The total was 6 for Riley, including one he reeled in all by himself when no one was looking, 4 for Connor, and one for Mommy (whoo hoo!). It was so fun to watch the boys actually catching stuff! It made the cold blustery trip and my frozen fingers totally worth it.
Jungle was nice enough to give us some hooks and a little squid for bait, so this morning we fished off the dock for real. I couldn't believe it, but the Spongebob pole is capable of actually reeling in a fish, because I caught another pinfish this morning. I guess I am catching up to the boys!
Later this morning the sun finally came back out and things started to warm up. Hopefully this means the cold snap is ending, both down here and up in Kalamazoo!
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