Arriving at the landing of the Amigo with Captain Tom in the wheel house, Ichiro in the galley and bacon on the grill, and Jr. on the deck, the engine was already turning over. The rod and tackle for the kids were loaded onto the boat. Right away, the Fibers that were helping for the day, Maynard, Jerry, Ken, Mike, and Santa, were rigging the rods for the day”s fishing. Talking to Captain Tom, he said, “We were very lucky we were fishing today and not yesterday because it really blew.” While the office business was being taken care of, Ichiro made breakfast burritos for the Fibers. After the 26 kids from Olive-Crest arrived, we loaded the boat and headed for the bait receiver. Boy, it was one the best loads of micro-anchovies I have ever seen. The boat headed up the coast towards the power plant. We spent the morning trying different stones. The water had dropped about 3 degrees over night. Ever hear of that before? It did however come up about the same by noon. Captain Tom gave it a really good try fishing till almost noon. The fishing was not very good, a few sheep head, cabezon and sculpin were the only fish to keep. Except that one of the staff did catch three perch on one drop. The real highlights of the day were as we were anchored up and heading back, a pod of about 500 dolphins swam right around us and then on the way back we saw one blue whale up close and personal and one off in the distance. It was almost one o’clock when we arrived back at the dock. One of the staff could have been a clone of Val. Also Bill Harmon, a long time member and good friend of Bob Bennett, said to say high. It was a fun day on the water and enjoyed by most, always one or two that forgot to take sea sick meds. Thanks again to all the Fibers that helped out on the boat. -Fly