Dropped four flights and cracked my spine
Honey come quick with the iodine
Catch a few winks, under the bed
Then head back to Tennessee Jed
While not prepared to head, much less "head back", to Tennessee, this has been a year that will not rate in the top 10 that we've spent down here. Between the world wide downturn in tourism, El Nino, and pinchi Odile, there is no where to go from here but up. While those of you who came down were bright spots, each and every one, the below average fishing and time/business lost to the storm, served as a dark background making your brightness blinding.
Warmer than normal water meant some below average fishing. While "below average" here is still pretty darn good, there is no way to claim a banner year. Wahoo in SoCal? "Those are our fish!", we claim, in the manner of whiners everywhere. We lost almost 5 weeks worth of reservations, in what is usually our filet of the season, due to Odile, and that hurt.
OK, ENOUGH! They didn't come here to listen to your sour grapesness! Right you are.
Good news? We had some. Friends, customers, and family pulled together to recover from one of the worst storms in Baja history. Capt. Chris and his crack crew over to Mag Bay had a very nice season, picking off a large number of the fish starting to return, their heads hung in shame, from their vacations up north. The water is starting to cool with a vengeance, there have been reports of early season yellow tail 40 miles north of La Paz, and we head into 2015 with hopes high.
On the family front we had a nice visit from Glynnis and her boyfriend Steve at Thanksgiving, and are looking forward to Kelly Anne and her novio Uriel coming down at Christmas. Jane is doing well, continuing to unknowingly remind me of how lucky I am in that regard. Drex remains the Baron of the Backyard, surveying his domain much like Yertle the Turtle.
Perhaps Odile was a haiku for the year. When concerned folks asked me "How bad was the damage there from the storm?" my chosen response was generally, "Well, it wasn't fun, but while a lot of little things are pretty fucked up, we'll fix them, and all the really important things are just fine."
We wish you all a very happy holiday season, and look forward to hearing from you, or better yet seeing your face, in La Paz, in 2015.
Take Care, Have Fun,
David
