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**Pumbaa** · 02-16-2011, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Yooper

The only bad news is one keg kicked already, and the second is about to. An empty kegerator is a sad thing.

perfect excuse to run down to Corpus and hit B&J's

r8rphan · 02-16-2011, 09:41 PM

Just make sure you're out of there before summer hits.. Spent two summers in the Bayous and area around Beaumont/Port Arthur as a kid...
Either that or get used to 8-10 showers a day..

That's my only knock about South Texas... Most of my relatives live in that area...

***Yooper*** · 02-17-2011, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Pumbaa

perfect excuse to run down to Corpus and hit B&J's

Maybe! We're only going to be here another few weeks and I'm not sure when we'll have time. We're busy- being retired is a lot of work you know! We were up very early this morning, and went all day long. Bob is out fishing right now, and I'm sure he'll be really tired when he gets back. It's not easy playing that hard for 16 hours a day, you know!

bmud0314 · 02-17-2011, 01:19 AM

The important question is: What was the science lecture on? This is coming from the science/ecology nerd.

***Yooper*** · 02-17-2011, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by bmud0314

The important question is: What was the science lecture on? This is coming from the science/ecology nerd.

For us? Today? We did shore birds last night (lecture) and this AM (field). Last week, it was the Science on a Sphere at the Bay Education Center. Later this week, we're hearing a lecture on the whooping cranes that were produced in a flock in Florida as a "secondary" flock if something happened to this group by one of the guys who worked on that project.

This area is amazing for habitat diversity- salt water flats, oyster reefs, freshwater marshes, estuaries, oak forests, etc- that I'm just learning about. I'm not at all familar with that type of habitat, or the animals here, so it's been great fun learning about them a little bit.

Of course, we're spending lots of time in kayaks.

***Yooper*** · 02-17-2011, 01:29 AM

Oh, by the way, we've seen whooping cranes everyday now. There is a small family group that seems to be living about a mile from here.

**Pumbaa** · 02-17-2011, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Yooper

It's not easy playing that hard for 16 hours a day, you know!

so
effen
jealous

MriswitH · 02-17-2011, 02:59 AM

Glad you're having fun!

I've got quite a bit of family down in the Beaumont area and we've taken several trips down there.

The people are always extremely friendly, there's tons to do and its nice and warm. (I'm a Michigander myself!) Love Texas - always had a good time.

The lizards there both crack me up and creep me out in the same vein, haha.

**Homercidal** · 02-17-2011, 12:20 PM

Meh. Having fun is overrated. Working hard for small pay is where it's at!

***Yooper*** · 02-17-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Homercidal

Meh. Having fun is overrated. Working hard for small pay is where it's at!

I'm so glad that you're living your dream!

Today is more fishing. It's already warm, but it's a little too windy to be out in kayaks so Bob will probably just go wadefishing and I'll fish off the pier and maybe pick up a few shells.

Bob got in late last night- well, late for Bob. Well after 9 PM! He had a blast catching speckled trout off of the lighted pier until his arm was tired. He's obsessed with catching a legal redfish now, though.

I have been seeing people catching black drum, sea trout, redfish, flounder, and sheepshead on the pier in the State Park across the highway. Right now, it's mostly the trout but you never know what's going to show up for sure!