I left the fishing cabin with my son-in-law and grandson at 1:00 pm, pulling my drift boat headed for Ninilchik, where we planned to launch the drift boat into Cook Inlet to fish for halibut. Once in Soldotna, we stopped at the local hardware store to buy rubber boots for Luke and Will. The hardware store didn’t have any, so we went to “Sportsman’s Warehouse” and found some boots there, and I bought a billed hat because I forgot mine. We headed off for the 45-minute drive to Ninilchik, and I remembered that I needed a boat plug for my boat. So we turned around and went to the hardware store again, but they had just sold their last one, so we again went to Sportsman’s and bought two. I tried putting the plug in the boat, but the drain hole was too small, and then I remembered that I had drilled the hole back in May so rainwater would drain out, but I didn’t have a plug to put in, so I didn’t know what size to drill the drain hole. So I purposely drilled it small, planning to drill it to the correct size once I purchased a plug. So we drove back to the hardware store to buy a cordless drill motor and a 7/8-inch drill bit, but the two were over $100. Tim had a cordless drill and a bit at his lodge, so we drove back where we had started and decided to go tomorrow.

Here is a picture of Tim, George and I after a few hours of fishing. Some titles we have considered for ourselves are, “The Three Amigos,” “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” “Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest,” “The Best Fisherman, the Second Best, and the Worst!” We haven’t picked a title yet because there is a marked difference of opinion over who is who in the titles😀😂