"A Great Weekend"
This amazing weekend (October 4, 5, & 6th) all started with an interesting e-mail from Theresa, one of the NCLA members who is familiar with kayak fishing but enjoys the kayaking part more than the fishing part. The subject line simply said, "A Great Weekend". The short e-mail went something like this:
Check this out. I have gone to this festival 3 years in a row. This year they have added 2 days of kayak fishing. They have also added a registration fee as it has always been free. Any questions, call me.
Theresa
Then, of course, the link to the website that sounded too good to be true.
http://www.hiddencoast.net/
Oh my...this sounded like F-U-N. From there, a mass e-mail invitation was sent out to the group with the link above and a notice that the first five ladies who agreed to join in would rent the first condo together. Any other ladies who were interested would make up the occupants of a second condo, and so forth. Well, it didn't take long before the first band of women were formed. The first five to get in on the act were Alice, Delores, Dot, Kathy, and Liz.
Check this out. I have gone to this festival 3 years in a row. This year they have added 2 days of kayak fishing. They have also added a registration fee as it has always been free. Any questions, call me.
Theresa
Then, of course, the link to the website that sounded too good to be true.
http://www.hiddencoast.net/
Oh my...this sounded like F-U-N. From there, a mass e-mail invitation was sent out to the group with the link above and a notice that the first five ladies who agreed to join in would rent the first condo together. Any other ladies who were interested would make up the occupants of a second condo, and so forth. Well, it didn't take long before the first band of women were formed. The first five to get in on the act were Alice, Delores, Dot, Kathy, and Liz.
Registration & Drinks
Immediately following August's NCLA meeting, the band of five converged at the pool side Tiki Bar to organize the group registration and share expectations over a few drinks. This was mainly to make sure that everyone registered for the same activities so that no one accidentally signed up for the wrong paddle, there were really SO many to choose from it could have easily been very confusing, but as long as they all signed up together, it would all work out. The organizers wanted to know T-shirt sizes, whether or not kayaks would be brought with or need to be rented, paddling skill levels and so on. The girls signed up for a very busy weekend leaving minimal time for napping.
Friday, October 4th - 1:30 paddle
Saturday, October 5th - 10:00 kayak fishing and 2:30 kayak fishing
Sunday, October 6th - Cedar Key Lighthouse tour
Last on the registration agenda was to make reservations for a place to stay. Theresa, again with her previous participation in this event, was kind enough to recommend a gulf side condo development called Island Place. http://www.islandplace-ck.com/index2.php and so, to keep things as simple as possible, that's where reservations were made. Five women in one condo....this was going to be interesting. From here, it was just a matter of playing the waiting game until the October weekend came around the bend. So far everything was running as smooth as silk....until....
Friday, October 4th - 1:30 paddle
Saturday, October 5th - 10:00 kayak fishing and 2:30 kayak fishing
Sunday, October 6th - Cedar Key Lighthouse tour
Last on the registration agenda was to make reservations for a place to stay. Theresa, again with her previous participation in this event, was kind enough to recommend a gulf side condo development called Island Place. http://www.islandplace-ck.com/index2.php and so, to keep things as simple as possible, that's where reservations were made. Five women in one condo....this was going to be interesting. From here, it was just a matter of playing the waiting game until the October weekend came around the bend. So far everything was running as smooth as silk....until....
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