| July 31, 2008 |
| One Last Trip |
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By April 2005, after working for over forty years, I figured I had had about all the fun I could stand so I decided to retire on May 1, to my ranch in Goldthwaite, Texas. Months before my retirement I even planted a garden and some peach trees, one of my ?gifts? being a very green thumb! Layla had moved to Goldthwaite and was managing the construction of our new ranch house, so after my official retirement date, I got busy and put our Bayou Vista bay house and twenty-two foot, boat on the market and sold our home to the first person who looked at it. A back yard view of our Bayou Vista House. A week later the homebuyer?s nephew purchased my boat. Prior to turning over the boat keys to its new owner, I took one last trip into Jones Lake and it paid off with three nice Red?s, 21, 23 and 26 inches long. Releasing the fish I thought of all the memories, fun and excitement I have had in my over, fifty year relationship with the Gulf coast and a twang of regret flashed through my mind that it was over. But, it was the time in my life to do other things and enjoy my retirement.
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