Faith in God, Always.
SOBRIETY, closing in on 4 years, Jan 7th, 2017 sober date. I plan on living the rest of my life 100% sober.
LIFTING HEAVY .gyms were shut down from 3rd week of March to July 1st or there abouts. Took a while to make my gains back to where I was at time of shut down. NBD. body's need to adapt to change. It sucked starting over at weight amounts that I use to warm up with were my max lift after shut down.
VAN DWELLING, life is good. just passed the 9 year mark back in August. The pros far outweigh the cons. I cannot for see myself ever buying a house again, or even paying rent. maybe rent a room for short term if situation dictates. but doubtful. I know all the pros and cons of home ownership. I owned my house for 25 years. Me and the bank of course. I got to pay all note and interest and also maintain the building for the true owners, bank and government. Never again. Not even out west where some land is dirt cheap. no thanks. when I start to travel home will be where I park it. I get bored, I move on. The whole idea of owning land or a house these days is not appealing to me. Its just something for the establishment to hold over your head and make you comply to their orders. Dont listen to us, we will take your house and auction it. No thanks . I lived through the threat of that when I owed back taxes. Literally was advised , pay up or your house is ours. Ok, I believe you.
COMMERCIAL CRABBING and FISHING.
Started out very good crabbing early season. Was selling crabs as fast as I could catch them. As season went on and temps got warmer the problem of deadloss became significant . I was iceing crabs down but still suffered too much.loss. So I didnt crab much of the summer , July and August mainly. Started again in September. But was having problems with my gear. Long story. Did a good bit of eeling, learned a lot . Will be crabbing and eeling again next season. I plan on trotline crabbing along with using commercial crab pots. This will pay dividends. The pots will be working for me while Im doing trotline crabbing. I will check and empty pots 3 days a week , while trotline crabbing 2 or maybe 3 different days . I will be checking eel pots on same trip as crab pots. They will be set in same area.
Ideally I will work pots on Tues, Thurs and Sat or Sunday. Trotline would be on alternate days of Fri and Saturday in early season. As water temps warm I'll be able to trotline closer to home. In early season I have to drive about 70 miles each way to crab . Its a pain but the money is there. After July 4th or there abouts, I'll be trotlining locally. This makes life a Lot easier. I hope to have refrigeration before next season. That will be a game changer.
My first experience of eeling was this past season. Will be eeling for sale next season. I kept my catch this season. Salted and ready for crab bait next season. Eels make excellent trotline crab bait. Not sure if they produce well in crab pots, if so I'll be using for bait there also. If not, I'll be selling eels as well as baiting my line with them.
