Becca’s Cyber Home

Yeah, I’m a little behind… this is a draft post from June. Since it’s now September, figured I ought to post it already!

So, finally, I had a real honest-to-goodness vacation! Hubby and I spent Mon-Fri at a beachhouse (well, really a canal house) in Rockport, then my parents and sister joined us. It’s been a good week but hot as Hades down here on the Gulf.

On Tuesday we went pier fishing at Goose Island State Park. I tried casting a line for the first time in my adult life, and for those of you who know me, you can imagine what a show that was! Let’s just say I am not coordinated–I can barely walk and talk at the same time without disaster striking. Flicking a pole and releasing a reel for a smooth cast? Not gonna happen.

The first half-hour was almost the end of the trip. I’d lean back, cast from the right, and wait expectantly for an assertive plunk thirty-or-so feet away. Only the rod would stop and nothing would happen. The line was still dangling limply from the fishing rod. Then suddenly the line would reel out with a whirr and plop in the water right in front of me. Needless to say, I didn’t catch anything.