A day of quiet

Breathing is an issue. Thought I was gonna die last night. Maybe, just maybe, I might break out my breathing thingy and see if it will help. I guess doctors know more than I give them credit.

Got up at 7am, put on my coffee, put the dogs out and locked the door. Well locked till granddaughter brung me a breakfast sandwich. I'm get'n used to them sandwiches. Then I forgot to eat lunch.

It floats............................

Look like we gonna go on another week long camping trip. Probably back up to the mountains, but a different camp'n place where the BIG fish live. Guess I better get my emergency brake fixed before we go. This time it's just me and my boys....no grandkids scream'n and holler'n "papaw, tell us a story". I don't know no stories....sheesh!!!!

Speak'n of stories, I been tell'n the kids about all the folks I've met from my blog. They think it's amazing that people actually drive 400 miles just to meet Billy Boy.....that would be Uncle Ben. And the ones that pop up out of no where. Cool stuff folks. I likes it.

My camel with no name.....1997 or there bouts. By Barnacle Bill

Mike.....Distressing news again. That damn camel I picked up at the ranch the other day has

distemper or something. Shit all over the boat. Then he started 'whinning' or something like

that all night long. My neighbor was yelling for me to shut the camel up and his dog fell in the

water barking at the camel. Then my neighbor jumped in the water to save his dog and the camel got all excited and jumped in too. I called 911 to get help. Have you ever tryed to get a camel out of the

water??? Will let you the full outcome as soon as I go to court!!!! Barnacle Bill

I know you're getting tired of hearing about this camel again, but if you're going to sell the

damn things, you should be interested in what happens to them. Well....now the animal rights

activists are trying to take my camel away from me. They say that a boat is no place for a

camel. That's bull shit!!!! They didn't say one word about the chickens and the pelican. I feed

him and he has a place to sleep and plenty of water, but as everyone knows, camels can go

forever with out water. That's why they have humps. By the way, why did you sell me a camel

without a hump???  Barnacle Bill

Well Mike, as you are well aware, the damn camel still has no name. There are a few that have

gone to my page and voted for a name, but not as many as I anticipated. The neighbors think I

am crazy when I go up on deck and call my camel for dinner. "Hey camel come eat"!!!

Things are getting better with the camel on the boat now. He has settled down a lot and

stopped making those weird sounds in the middle of the night. At least my neighbors are much

happier!! The other morning when I was making coffee, (before I was fully awake) he stuck his

head in the hatch and gave me one of those sloppy good morning kisses. Scared the hell out of

me and I dropped my coffee pot and broke it. Stupid camel!!! I took him for a walk on the docks

the other day and you talk about people staring and getting all hyper. They acted like they never seen a camel

before. I had him on a leash, since we have a leash law in Port Aransas. But again, someone

called the police because they thought he shouldn't be walking on the docks. The police told

me to get him off the dock and when I started walking him down my dock to the boat, they attempted to

arrest me. Naturally, the camel, which I think loves me very much, pushed

the cop into the drink. Boy did I have some explaining to do at the court house. Camel and myself

are safe back on the boat. A few dollars short, but safe.

Wish I had "the rest of the story". In the end, we had a dock party with roasted camel what had drowned the day before.