This is the second tarpon for the day…….This tarpon I hooked and released so I call this my first tarpon……they don’t count unless there successfully released.

This is the first tarpon that I caught while in CR……caught but didn’t land. I realized after this that my crew knew about as much as I did about tarpon fishing…..which was nothing. Lesson learned…..if you are anchored as we were you have to get the anchor up and get following that fish …. or have really heavy gear.

This video was taken just after I got down to CR. I should give some quick background…..When I got to Moyas camp with my little boat there was these 2 “kids” ……18 to 24 yrs old kids…… that were hanging around (one was Moyas son and his friend) and they had just had a wreck with their motor. So we put my motor on their boat and went to check the shrimp traps. We were up these small streams and I had a ball. Being as this was my first few weeks in the jungle I was still very careful (scared might be a better word) of the jungle creatures.  Sorry for the FBOMBS but they come out when I am stressed (scared).

I have to thank Andy for this picture that he took at Race City last year.

I went to fire up the old Caddy and found the keys were not in the ignition…..asked Marina and she remembers “putting them where their safe.” Now if she can just remember where that safe place is. I want to get it fired up and get it in the shop. Time to get my butt in gear and get some work done on some of these projects. Lee ordered the rest of the parts today to get the Firebird finished but that is for another post. Here is some pics that I took a couple a years ago. This is a cool way to get to the race track. HE HE boys n their toys……

Well……it’s time to get the blog up and running again……I must apologize for the long absence. My last posts were from last summer when I was hanging out in Tortuguero. As I was getting my phlebotomies in San Jose once a week everything was going well until I came down with a severe bout of depression. I was warned by my Dr.’s that was a common occurrence and they were quick to offer “happy pills”. But being stubborn I proved that I didn’t need them but it sure was a nasty summer. I got my iron down to normal by fall and felt the depression start lifting by early winter and everything has been back to normal since Christmas. Having had no prior experience with depression this has been a real eye opener and gave me a new understanding into the problems that people have with depression. Hopefully I won’t have any more firsthand experience.   But that is the reason for the long absence.

I am back in the store for the summer giving Marina a break and am looking forward to a summer of racing and a few good bike runs. I will be posting as I go.