Whale of a time

Went fishing on Saturday morning out of Duxbury Harbor with Roby H. seeking a little revenge on the blue fin tuna. This was our second tuna trip this month - I'd prefer not to tell stories of the 'one that got away' so I'll save the details of my first trip for another day. We were on the water early (4:30 AM) looking for bait inside the bay and this quickly proved to be a challenge. There was no bait in the bay and even the guys who sell live bait had nothing.

Live bait has been our preferred method for chasing tuna and with none to be had we were questioning whether to make the trip or not. At 6:30 with no live bait in the boat we decided to go anyways and try out luck with our limited arsenal of artificial lures. Seas were calm and we made good time crossing Cape Cod Bay to the outside edge of Provincetown.

The fishing was slow with only one large blue fish to show for our efforts. We moved around to a few different spots but couldn't seem to find the fish. However, finding the other mammals out there was not a problem. There were humpback whales EVERYWHERE and we were constanly pulling in our lines and moving the boat out of their way. It was impressive, and soon fishing started to take a back seat to the whale watching. It's quite the thrill to have a humpback whale that is larger than the boat surface ony 20 yards away.

No tuna on this trip, but it was a great day on the water!

Out of retirement for the TDF

When Lance retired from the Tour de France in 2005, I made an effort to watch the following year and try to route for Tyler Hamilton and others. But it just was not the same and by the time the 2007 race came around I was lucky to catch the headlines.

But Lance came back, and so did I. I didn't watch every stage, but more often than not I was up until 11pm watching the finish. He didn't win the overall or a stage, but it was his race from day 1 and everyone seemed to know it. Versus played the part of lead cheerleader but you can't blame them with his fans back and the money to be made. He was the lead story almost every day.

So I came out of retirement and hopefully there is still enough in the Livestrong tank to keep me watching again next year.