How I Spent My Vacation...

I went to Turkey!
(Turkey, North Carolina that is...)

I got up early to go fishing!
(Yep, that's sunrise, not sunset. The fellow silhouetted against the sunrise is my brother-in-law, Dusty. We were leaving from Dudley's Marina in Cedar Point, NC.)

I caught some fish!
(The take included black sea bass, oyster toad fish, one flounder, and one cod. We also caught a few lizard fish.)

I made a new friend!
(That's my nephew, Josh on the left with a very bold snowy egret... I think. I'll call him Bob. He was much closer until my nephew started trying to chase him.)

I witnessed the return of some heroes!
(While we were out on the water fishing we saw the naval task force bringing these Marines back home from their deployment in Iraq. Wish I could have been there to see the guys getting back on base. Thanks for serving!)