Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Top Ten Things I Learned at the Outer Banks


10. You can get crabs from Dirty Dicks. I know because I did. I also had frog legs for the first time. Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar is better.
9. Tropical storms are completely unpredictable based on what I saw of Gabrielle. It's true what they say: "If you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes".
8. You should not mix a "captain caveman" with Captain Frank's. Although it always seems like a good idea, it's better in theory than in practice.
7. Life is a game, Fishing is serious.
6. Aliens and glowsticks floating in the ocean are very similar, and can easily be confused for one another. Even by the Fire and Rescue squad.
5. There should be a limit on the number of "Shake Your Rumps" you do in the morning. This does, however, only apply to the morning. After noon, the more the better.
4. The Andromeda Galaxy is directly above your head, approximately 2.5 million light years away. Try to wrap your mind around that late in the evening... Especially after a crab hunting expedition.
3. A northeast wind brings the fish. Particularly the 4-foot blues that have teeth. Land breezes bring the bugs.
2. It goes in the bucket. Fish, bait, Busch Light (cold beer and empties). All in the bucket. Mark will teach you how to fish. And his dog, Rascal, loves to fish as long as there's some shade.
1. Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning.

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