My wife and I are home from our week vacation in Maine. I have a lot of pictures to sort through, and I doubt I’ll get it done tonight.

We stopped off to visit Jen’s folks on the way home. We went out for lunch and ice cream. Then we took the kids to their father’s house and my heart broke a little bit as it always does when we drop them off. When we got to the house we brought in some of the things from the car, looked around to make sure the house was as we had left it, survived a massive flurry of affection from the cat, and then…

Took a 2+ hour nap.

We so needed it. Hell, we’ve only been up for 20 minutes and I’m ready to go back to sleep. We might play a little cribbage instead.

Today is the day that our trip comes to and end. Back to reality for all of us. Really, we should have taken a month off. We got so much exercise this week that I will need at least that long for my body to recover.

Where are the best fishing spots in Methuen, MA or Salem, NH?

We have done a lot of fishing off of our rented houses dock over the last two days. I caught one little sucker outright. I also “helped” my four year old nephew catch one. I cast for him and then reached out to hand him the rod but he had walked away. Three seconds later I landed a fishie. I totally let him take credit for it though.

My step son was out with me yesterday and he failed to catch anything, despite coming seriously close a couple of times. We went out again this morning and he bagged one by himself while I wasn’t looking.

Later this evening my brother took a bunch of kids out onto the dock. My step son caught his second of the day. Just before his bed time his sister nabbed one too. By the time she had to come in for bed 20 minutes later she had caught three more!

I think I’m going to have to get myself a MA fishing license when we get home and take the two of them out all the time.