We woke up early yesterday to go fishing. The weather was supposed to be overcast (and it was) so we figured it would be a good non-beach-related activity. We picked up our favorite breakfast sandwiches from Goldberg's and hopped aboard the Viking Stariper for a half-day fluke fishing trip. Despite the cloudy day, we still got a few nice pictures on the way out there.
This picture doesn't do it justice but there were about a dozen seagulls that followed us the whole time, hoping some spare bait would fall overboard.
Looking back at Montauk Point Lighthouse.
I would add the quintessential trophy picture of me holding up the giant fish I caught (maybe even kissing it if I were really excited) next, but unfortunately that didn't happen. We each caught two fluke but none were particularly noteworthy. One of mine was big enough to keep but we didn't take a picture of it because our hands were covered in chum and we didn't think it was worth risking transferring the stench to our iPhones for a photo with the sad, ugly looking fluke. Someone enjoyed him for dinner last night, I'm sure.
One of the highlights of the trip, though, was Sarah baiting her own hook. I could not believe she willingly put her hands in our plastic bait bucket to grab a combination of fluke belly, octopus and smaller fish parts to hang on her hook! I'm sure she'll "cash in" her bravery in this instance to make me try something undesirable soon...
After coming home to THOROUGHLY wash our hands and change, we walked to The Surf Lodge to grab an afternoon cocktail. There was a mixer in progress when we got there - we thought it was a singles mixer, turns out it was for all the owners of businesses in Montauk to come meet each other. Sarah ran into our wedding coordinator, Amanda, from Montauk Yacht Club and had a nice chat. Amanda made our wedding so easy on us - can't recommend her enough! Anyway, because there was this mixer going on, the Chamber of Commerce had hired a great band and we got to enjoy live music with our drinks and have our pick of the lounge seating. I'm used to a much more crowded scene at Surf Lodge on the weekends - this more relaxed environment was a welcome break!
Surf Lodge selfie.
Hard to beat this view.
Today we spent the morning writing thank you notes and doing very exciting administrative things on our bank accounts - like changing our address, letting them know we'll be out of the country so our debit and credit cards still work, etc. By mid-day we headed to The Sloppy Tuna to watch the USA World Cup game. Obviously somewhat of an anticlimactic outcome, but we're both glad they advanced! Afterward it was beach time for a couple hours.
The classic my-toes-are-freezing-already-but-I-think-I-still-want-to-get-in debate.
All our weather apps say a storm is coming later this afternoon...they might be right.
Only one more day left in Montauk. Sad to think about our stay here coming to an end, but we're both getting more and more excited about Costa Rica!