I found the above image on the "Trenton Memory Lane" page on Facebook. It shows the progress of the construction on the Trenton waterfront just north of the Trenton Thunder ballpark. It was a great place to fish, Tough access, seedy people, maybe dangerous at times,
but a great place to fish the waters of the Delaware River on the Trenton side. Guys have been fishing that old wharf for over a hundred years, and Delaware Joe tells me great stories of the bass and shad they would catch from that spot. But now the parties over.
I fished there for years, and the waters were good. The rivers deep on the Trenton side and the current rips through there. when I ran my jet boat I fished it as well, but there's nothing like crawling around and wading, that's my comfort zone. The rocks, and concrete as well, create a hazard to wading and fly fishing as well. With it being tidal, a none foot tide at that, it's important to know when to hold em' and when to fold em'. Many times I found myself nipple deep trying to get up a bit on the dropping tide.
But those days are now over. I spent hundreds of hours there with friends, and even Erin as well. They were some of my fondest memories of fishing the Delaware River at Trenton. But now it will become a park, with easy fishing access, that will take away the hunt and fun of the game. Plus, it will make fly fishing just about impossible.
I will hopefully be gone, we still haven't heard anything yet, and when I visit it will give me a chance to reflect on the good days, and be glad that I moved south. I've done a lot in Trenton since we moved here in 2018. I've fished it, shopped it, and worked it. The last year at Capital Heath has been, well good. I'm glad my tenure here is over after the semester which started today. We were over at Threaten State Psychiatric Hospital today and will be there for the next four weeks, after the last day I'm off to the Vineyard.
And the crew that I'm teaching well I'll call them "The Eleven". That's how many moved on from the difficult second semester of nursing school. Not all made it, it's just the way nursing school is. "The Eleven" is one of my favorite Grateful Dead songs, so I'll leave with a Dead & Company version from 2018, a show that I was at. It's William Tell Bridge into The Eleven, enjoy....
It's hard to imagine how many times I saw or listened to Bob Weir, who passed away January 10th of this year. I was a Bobby guy over a Gerry guy, so when he was on the mic it always made for good times.
I hope him and Gerry are having a swell time up there in heaven.