Adventure #114 - Family Adventure (25 points)

Adventure #114 required a pick-up or download of the REI Adventure Journal for kids. While Cole is too young to fill it out himself, we look forward to helping him explore, using the journal as a guide.

Adventure #6 - Listen to or tell a fish story (7 points)

Ok, I only have one fish story, so its going to have to repeat from last year. It is a good fish story and fishermen always love to recount their biggest catch, right?!? :)

Greg and I went ocean fishing out of Santa Cruz harbor, on a charter (the Mega-Bite) boat. We spent the day catching our limit of small fish and were having a great time. Several times I accidentally pulled up a fish to fast - - not good for the fish! We were even visited by a seal who was clearly trying to escape from something in the water and really wanted in our boat! (Never did see what the seal was running from . . . ). Toward the end of the day I started to reel in a fish, since there was so much pull on my line I figured the line was snagged on kelp. The charter guide came down to help me get my line free, when he did we noticed that I actually had a halibut on my line!

That day I reeled in a 21 pound California Halibut! It earned me "catch of the day" at the harbor and bragging right to tell this story over and over again!!

Adventure #59 - Wedding Days (5 points)

Honestly, last year we posted our all time favorite CA outdoor wedding venue - - with much bias :) It was The Ryde Hotel, where we got married in 2009.

For this year, we choose (again with much bias, as my sister got married there in October) the Grand Island Mansion. The Grand Island Mansion and The Ryde Hotel both overlook the San Joaquin Delta and offer a look back in time with their historical grandeur and beautiful outdoor settings.

Adventure #22 - Give/ get a piece of fishing advice (15 points)

Since I don't know much about fishing I went to the following fishing forum to learn more:
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Introductions_C77/Fishing_Beginners_Board_F328/

Here is our fishing advice post: http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Introductions_C77/Fishing_Beginners_Board_F328/Trout_Fishing_P763500/gforum.cgi?post=763500;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;t=search_engine;page=unread#unread

Conveniently, we named our post user name to match our Capture California team name :)

Adventure #78 - Take a picture in front of an REI store (10 points)

While out running errands Cole and I stopped by REI to complete adventure #78.