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I will be adding photos of the trip a little at a time, so check back for future updates.

I have started a flickr account for everyone to see our photos.
go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/outatheblue, I will start uploading our vacation photos here for you to see. Enjoy what I have started.

WE"RE OFF...

For our 35th Wedding Anniversary, we have reservations at Walt Disney World... we can't hardly wait. We are staying at The Port Orleans Riverside resort. We will be there nine days so plan on taking our time and spending 2 days at each park.

Since we have never been to any of these areas all tips are welcome.

Our package includes sit-down dining every evening, I have made all our reservations 6 months in advance!

UPDATE: June 8, 2011... Finally... After much research I came up with a place to stay while in New Orleans... Creole Inn. There prices are unbeatable for this area, $59.00 per night with parking included. They don't do meals but we will be saving $150.00 from any of the other places I found. So we will be eating out at local coffee shops and cafes. I am finally excited about this leg of our trip. The history, architecture and culture of this area is really interesting.

Fishing...

2011 Best Fishing Days

• January 4–19
• February 2–18
• March 4–19
• April 3–17
• May 3–17
• June 1–15
• July 1–15
• August 28–September 12
• September 27–October 11
• October 26–November 10
• November 25–December 10
• December 24–31

Best Times for Fishing

• One hour before and one hour after high tides, and one hour before and one hour after low tides. Inland, the times for high tides correspond with the times when the Moon is due south. Low tides are halfway between high tides.
  
• During the "morning rise" (after sunup for a spell) and the "evening rise" (just before sundown and the hour or so after).
  
• When the barometer is steady or on the rise. (But even during stormy periods, the fish aren't going to give up feeding. The smart fisherman will find just the right bait.)
  
• When there is a hatch of flies—caddis flies or mayflies, commonly. (The fisherman will have to match his fly with the hatching flies or go fishless.)
  
• When the breeze is from a westerly quarter rather than from the north or east.
  
• When the water is still or rippled, rather than during a wind.

Reader Suggestions

• The best way to fish in South Texas with chicken liver, is to let it sit a while in the good Texas sun, sprinkle a little garlic powder and a little chili powder. This combination makes the liver pasty and it will stay on your triple or single hook with little to no problem. I do offer a warning, that pow you will feel on your line is going to be one big Texas size catfish, so get ready and have some good Texas fishing fun. –Ramiro Vela
• A really good bait I have found is hot dogs with chicken meat. Cut them in desired pieces and set in the sun to 'dry up'. When they are 'dried', they will stay on the hook better. You can put them in a bag in the freezer to keep. Brim and catfish will bite this bait. –Jean Cannon
• The best catfish bait are catalpa worms. You can put what you don't use in the freezer with a few catalpa tree leaves. When you are ready to fish again, take them out and they come back to life. Start reeling in the big cats. –Joey Brown
• To find the big cats, it would help out if you knew the underwater structure of the pond, river or lake. Find DEEP holes with lots of cover as in over-hangs. Gravel pits are a great place to fish for cats. –Todd Heil
• The best catfish bait that I have found fishing for catfish anywhere bar none is shrimp, yeah it's a little costly but let me tell ya somethin' friend, it's worth it. –Chuck Hubbard Jr.
• I am Blackfoot American Native. We live to fish and hunt our meals. A true hint in catfishing is never to use any type of scents (Cologne, powders, perfume, etc.) Don't handle cigarettes or any type of tobacco products without washing your hands before applying baits, hooks, sinkers, new line, etc. The fish know these things. –Tommy Bays
• The absolute best way I know to keep your liver on your hook while fishing is: Buy 1 or 2 old plastic ice trays. Go ahead and bait your hook the best you can. I use a "threading" action. Place the hook and liver into the ice tray and let it freeze throughout the night before you go fishing. When you are ready to go fishing, just twist the old ice trays and take the liver cubes and pack them in a bag and put them in a container of ice. –Chris Payne
• In Kentucky where I live we use bait store crickets and mill worms floated with a bobber. Put three or four crickets and a couple of mill worms on a hook and hold on! You have you try different depths until you find the fish. Once you find them you can have a lot of fun catching all sizes. I have caught them from squeakers to 62 pounds on this bait, so good luck! –Kenny Conley
• I'm 68 years old and fish every chance I get. My daddy always told me to watch the cows. If they are up and eating, go fishing. If they are down resting, you might as well stay home. So far this has worked pretty well. –Edna James
• The best bait I have used here in Bradenton, Fla. is fresh mullet that has never been frozen. Catch them late afternoon or at night. Catch them as long as your leg. Good Luck! –Bill Suggs
• As the water in your minnow bucket warms the minnows will slowly die. They need a very cool temperature to survive. Never put ice cubes in with live minnows. The chlorine in the water stays and will kill your bait. Freeze water bottles then gently place them in the bucket. Usually one will be enough. –Alec Plummer
• Try it all, love the outdoors and keep a bait in the water. You won't catch anything if you aren't out there! –Jody Wolf

Staying Put...

When we moved to our home in Texarkana we had been married 24 years and moved 12 times in that time. They were not always long moves. One was a total of 5 feet. But if you have ever moved you know that a move is a move whether its 1100 miles across the country or 5 foot. You still have to pack and clean. This has been the longest we have ever stayed in one place, 10 years this month. That's an anniversary of sorts. Then this morning I was reading this post and realized that we are finally home. Read "Staying Put".

Vacation 2009...

Kenneth and I ended up being able to be together for our 33rd Wedding Anniversary after all! Because the water level in the lake by his cousins was so low they were unable to fish there, so he drove on over to Amanda and Charles, we all went to watch Charles play ball.

Batter up...

Looks like a Home Run hit,

Happy 32nd Anniversary

33 years ago my best friend told me...

"Kenneth is going to ask you to go steady", is that term even used anymore? Anyway she continued..."and I want you to be sure and tell him, Yes".

So on the night of the big moment I was all prepared for him to ask me and I had practiced in my head on saying, "Yes." Only he never asked me to go steady... he just gave me his class ring, no words just placed his ring on my finger.

A few days later he was driving me home after a date (Olivia Newton John was singing "I Honestly Love You" on the radio) and he asked me...

"Will you marry me?"

and because I had been practicing I said "Yes!"

wait a minute...I said "What did you say?"

and he said "What did you say?"

So you see it was all a miscommunication...

But, I wouldn't change it for anything.

We're Back...

I am just sick... We'll my status as a computer genius has been tarnished. When I downloaded the pictures we took from our trip and all the things we did at my Mom's I didn't get them transferred correctly to the computer and I formatted the camera before I realized it, so there all just a memory. Sorry guys.
















We have puppies. Two girls and one boy. They were born on Charles and Amanda's 2nd anniversary, May 6th. She had four but the first boy didn't make it. They are now 1 week old. They will be available about the first week of July.


Here's Mom, but we had the others looking in and she moved.














Dusty and Colby at the door, they know they can't come in.















I did take some pictures of the garden when we got home. The sunflowers are almost as tall as the patio cover.
Amanda wanted to know what we're feeding the squash.
















Here is a picture of the watering set up, see the PVC pipes connecting all the beds, and the timer, which we got at WalMart, allows you multiple watering possibilities.

Also Happy Anniversary to Sam and Courtney... 1year May 12.