Tired, exhausted, pooped.... just straight out dead-tired, but extremely happy that everything worked out in the end. Given the sheer number of unknowns and concerns I had going into this, its somewhat of a miracle that it all ended up working itself out. This is definitely one of the most ambitious events I've ever put together with over 30 people getting together to charter a boat of our own. It certainly doesn't help that I've only been fishing like twice in my life and know next to nothing about boat rentals hahaha. I pretty much winged the whole thing which explains the overwhelming sense of elation that nothing went catastrophically wrong.
The day started out with no problems and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was almost one of the last people to arrive at the harbor. Believe me, it was nothing short of a miracle that nearly everyone woke up before the crack of dawn and drove over an hour to get down to the dock by 630am! The rest of the day managed to proceed in a similarly smooth manner, save for the fact that those of us that were inexperienced (the majority) didn't catch that many fish. I had my fair share of bites but I could never set that darn hook.... ahhh well. The 3 kids who actually knew what they were doing - Patrick, Noel, and Julianna - saved the day and ended up catching more than half of the fish that the rest of us ended up using at dinner haha. I don't know what we would have done without you guys!
We headed back to my place in Irvine after to whip up the most fantastic fish tacos EVER! Many thanks go out to everyone who volunteered themselves to help with the cooking and cleaning. You guys made my life a lot easier than you know.
Pictures! FYI, I'm going to start integrating the little 'mini' stories and anecdotes on the captions of each individual picture themselves since it seems to make the most sense.
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