Scalloping 2010

This year we went scalloping out of Homosassa. We stayed in a beautiful house along the Homosassa River with its own boat dock. We went with the whole Gilmet family and had a great time. Our only mis-hap was Garrett decided to try and wrestle a jelly fish. Garrett was the only one to get up close and personal with a jelly fish in fact that was the only one we saw all weekend. It wrapped it's tentacles around his upper arm and left raised lines across his bicep and the ends hit his torso. It stung pretty bad but the vinegar we were told to bring, just in case this happened, really helped. Within 20 minutes he was back in the water and by the next morning the welts were gone.

Here we go ! Scallops look out !

A great big bag of loot. I loved going out with my boys, one on each side. All I had to do was float and point and they dove down to retrieve my find. Nice and relaxing for the Mama.

Dad on the other hand wanted to get all the scallops he could find too. So it was a nice Ford competition when the 3 of them went out together.

Last year Laine had fun just jumping off the boat. This year she not only ventured off the boat but snorkeled on her own and saw lots of fish. She started to see scallops and before I knew it she dove down right next to me to get her own. She was so proud. She held on to that scallop showing everyone and telling them "this is my scallop, I got it all by myself." One scallop was enough though and she went back to snorkling.

Papa went too and was in charge of counting the loot bags and making sure the scallops had enough water.

After we had a full day of scalloping, getting as many as we could find then came the fun part. We discovered a shop vac and assembly line worked quit well and actually did not take too long.

Each day when we came back in, dolphins would swim around the boats. It was great to see but hard to photograph. We also saw a sea turtle or two. What a great weekend.