On Thursday April 23rd, Tom, Skipper and I drove down to Venice, LA for a two day fishing trip. We were planning on fishing Friday and Saturday and driving back late Saturday night. Tom and Skipper took turns driving and sleeping in shifts , while I tried to sleep the
entire way, I did a pretty good job too !! :) We got there around 4:30 in the morning on Friday and the boys quickly jumped out of the truck.. I of course stayed in the truck with blankets and pillows and tried to sleep just a little longer. We got the boat stocked with ice, bait, lunch, drinks, etc and headed out around 8am. It was an easy ride up the river UNTIL we got to the Gulf.. it was NUTS !! The waves were huge, any where from 4-6ft ... I felt like Gilligan. We braved it for about an hour to an hour and a half !! I was so scared that I put my life jacket on.. I
haven't ever put one on while we fish !! I just kept thinking about the Coast Guard coming out to get us and I would at least float !! So anyway, we turned around .. PRAISE GOD !! and headed back. We were exhausted just from holding on during the waves. We docked the boat and tried to figure out what to do next. The fishing report stated that Saturday would be worse than today.. Worse.. NO WAY were you getting me on that boat again AND make the 6ft waves worse.. I am out !! So we packed the truck up again, its only like noon by now, and headed to New Orleans for the night. We would have paid $150 for a teeny tiny room in Venice, so why not pay $150 and have a nice place in New Orleans. On the way there we have Trish get on
priceline.com and put in $70 for a 4-5star hotel.. we got it !! We stayed at the
Marriot for $70 !! Can you believe it !! Of course, once we checked in we had to take a nap, so sleep we did, for about 3 hours. Got up, went out and ate some Cajun food..
YUMMM !! Went to
Harrahs so Tom could play Blackjack, but the minimum was too high, Skip and I played the slots and won about $140 so we cashed out and went back to the hotel.
The next morning I was in search of Cafe Du Monde for some of New Orleans finest breakfast item.. the Beignets !! While we were out searching.... this huge yacht caught our eyes.. it is the Tatoosh.. owned by the Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen.
Here are some things this baby has:
-Five decks;
-a master suite, a saloon and other rooms on the top deck;
-a saloon with a French limestone fireplace, a dining area, staterooms and a ladies' powder room on the main deck;
-a lobster tank;
-a shaded six-foot deep swimming pool, located on the main deck beneath a full overhang
-a movie theater;
-facilities to transport two helicopters on the top two decks;
-a custom Hinckley powerboat (about a 40 footer (12 m));
-a Hinckley sailboat of about 40 feet (12 m);
-5 sea doo's
side note.. Skippers dad actually went to High School with him !! Maybe he can hook us up !! lol
and mind you his "tinker" around boat is 2 times bigger than our deep sea fishing boat !!
Skipper and Tom walking through the streets of New Orleans.. that place is quite the "eye opener".. and they call
Las Vegas "Sin City"..
hmpf..
alas... the
Beignets !!
melt in your mouth good stuff right there !!!
in honor of Skip's love of Forest
Gump.. we finished out our trip with a lunch at
Bubba Gumps. The food was awesome and the setting was priceless !! Skipper was in his element, even got the t-shirt to seal the deal.
The next morning I was in search of Cafe Du Monde for some of New Orleans finest breakfast item.. the Beignets !! While we were out searching.... this huge yacht caught our eyes.. it is the Tatoosh.. owned by the Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. 
Skipper and Tom walking through the streets of New Orleans.. that place is quite the "eye opener".. and they call Las Vegas "Sin City".. hmpf..
alas... the Beignets !! 
in honor of Skip's love of Forest Gump.. we finished out our trip with a lunch at Bubba Gumps. The food was awesome and the setting was priceless !! Skipper was in his element, even got the t-shirt to seal the deal.
