And I'm off.... It'll be a quick last day of clinical today at The Trenton Psychiatric Hospital before I high tail it up 95 to Woods Hole where I'll catch the 845 pm ferry over to the Vineyard. I'm splitting at noon so that'll give me 8 hours to get there. With rush hour and the dreaded 95 slow-downs due to construction and accidents I may be cutting it close. Today was my last day at
Capital Health and it was a good day. Some mental health, some trauma, a stop to the med/surg floor, and my last day of cafeteria grits, which I might add are quit good.
But getting over to the Vineyard these days is no easy task. I liken it to taking the family to Disney World where you have to plan every step of your vacation a year in advance. These days at the Steamship Authority there are no more standby's to get over with a vehicle, it's reservations only. So say good-bye to last minute trips or running ups there because your buds have a cot for you to crash on. If I miss this 845 I'm screwed, like maybe for the entire trip.
There's been good reports coming out of the Vineyard as of late. Some of my favorite and not so favorite places have reported that squid have invaded and are chewing on tiny baits, and the
bass are having all the calamari they could want. Today I stopped by the storage unit to find my fly tying stuff and I just couldn't bring myself to start flipping lids, so I grabbed what I could and will go with that. Having Calceveachia, Cordiero, Buzzi, and Pieciak means I'm good as far as flies go. If I need to I'll swing by and see Stephen at Kismet Outfitters or Coop over at Coop's Bait & Tackle. No doubt he'll try and sell me more of those red floating sliders. I already have some, never used them, but maybe with squid around it's time to give them a swim.
Cordiero ties up his LuluSquid and I'm sure he'll have an extra to help a brother out. I did find my crab tying box so at least I'll be able to tie up some crustaceans for some sight fishing.
In other exciting news it looks like the Shrimper's Shack purchase just might be a go. There's only one thing that has everybody in our camp puzzled, why is it still available? It's in to good a
location and and sits near brand new construction so why hasn't anyone gobbled it up just for the land alone? Is this Yankee just hitting the real estate jackpot and I'm gonna be sitting on an oil field?
There has to be something up, but that's why you have real estate agents, attorneys, and town planners to ensure everything is on the up and up. One thing that I needs addressing is the fence. They pulled a permit, built the fence, but the fence is in violation of location and height. But to be fair to the seller, it's all on the permit. The only other thing I could see is the town just condemning it and wanting the whole thing gone. Time will tell, but right now, we're under contract. And they went and changed the Sun City house listing on to "Accepting Backups"
so things are all headed in the right direction. Until they are not. It's kind of like building a house out of a deck of cards, at any time it all could collapse. But so far, so good.
Back to the Vineyard. Our rental begins Saturday afternoon so getting up there early means I'll be crashing at Abe's place. The bed will still be warm as Dee Muller just spent a few days visiting. It'll give me a chance to jump on Red Beach for two days before the boys come up. I think I'm all packed and ready to go. while the timing isn't perfect, Theresa will have the wheel as far as all the buying, selling, inspecting, and moving stuff is concerned. Friday's the septic inspection, and if you live in rural New Jersey, you know how important passing that inspection is. See you here tomorrow for Day 1 at the Vineyard.