Tuesday.
August 7th.
6am.
Time to get up.
As I slowly pealed
my body off my bed, I thought about what I needed to do this morning: feed and
walk my dog Bosco, pack my work shirt for the fishing derby, and get breakfast.
Early morning.
As I was walking
Bosco around the building for his morning walk, I started getting excited for
the fishing derby. It was a beautiful day so far. Sunny and warm, although I
was prepared for strong heat later in the day. I had heard it was a fun event
for the Save the Harbor/Save the Bay staff. The staff would be divided into
groups and set out on different boats, all of us competing for one of two
prizes: catching the most fish or catching the biggest fish. I was aiming for
one of those prizes.
For much of the summer
I have been outside of the Boston Children’s Museum. At that location, we work
with kids of all ages and teach them how to fish; however, we only drop cast and
never move locations. I was looking forward to fishing in a new location with
deeper waters. As I returned to my apartment after my walk with Bosco I went through
my check list to make sure I had everything I needed for that day: sunglasses,
hat, sunscreen, water bottle, phone, keys, wallet, work shirt, and raincoat. Time to head out.
7am.
I arrived at the
Courthouse T Stop, our meeting location at 7am on the dot. Kristen, a recent Senior
Harbor Educator, was there to direct us to the docks. As I walked to the docks,
I was getting really excited. A big highlight of my job is that I like my
coworkers. We all always have a good time and can make stressful situations
fun. So I was excited to do something new with them and hopefully spend time with some of the coworkers I do not work with often.
8am.
After munching
on some grapes and mini-muffins, it was time to start diving people up into
their groups and start heading out. We got a very nice captain whose boat had air conditioning, a big plus once it started to get really toasty out. Our first mission: bait! We went to several locations in the harbor but were not
having much luck. Eventually, we finally caught a mackerel! We used the bait live,
which I did not know was even a thing. This means we hooked the fish to the rod
and let the fish swim around as to catch bigger fish. Unfortunately, we were
not having much luck and to make things more difficult, we lost our fish out near Deer
Island. We came back completely empty handed but it was still a very fun experience.
There’s nothing like being outside and enjoying the harbor.
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| Our view from the top of the boat! |
Ellen :)
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