Our good friends ,Jason and Jennifer, bought a boat at the beginning of the summer and have been trying to get us to out in the Gulf with them all summer.  We finally had a weekend that we were all free.  It happened to be our last free weekend before school started.  Our other friend who was joining us happened to have lots of comps from the Island View Casino so he hooked us up with a suite and free meals.  Check out the common room !

The Den

We had dinner at the new Carter Green Steak House and used every penny of his 400 dollar comp. I wish that I would have brought my camera.  It was probably one of the best steaks that I have ever tasted.  I had a Filet Mignon topped with lump crab-meat. AWESOME!!!! We topped off the meal with creme bru lei and bread pudding. It was a good thing that I didn’t have to pay for the meal.  I would have had no money to gamble with.

We left dinner and hit the gaming floor for a few hours.  JJ and I ended up sitting at the center bar playing video poker and enjoying free drinks.  We didn’t win any money but still had a great time.

We got up around 8 and waited for the weather to clear before going out and buying fishing licenses and launching the boat.  The weather was still somewhat overcast but it looked like we were going to be able to have a great day of fishing but it was not to be.

Heading out into the Gulf

The Captain and his first mate~!

JJ and our friend Dana

JJ and Glen

It took us about 45 min or so to get out past Ship Island.  The sea was a little rough and JJ and I both were feeling somewhat seasick.  We were just about to start fishing when Jason checked the radar and saw that a storm was coming into Gulfport.  We decided that we would probably not enjoy being in really rough water so we ended up calling it a day.

Trouble Brewing

Even though we didn’t get to do any real fishing, it still was a great day.  I can’t wait to get back out on the water in better weather.  We did see some oil booms set up around Ship Island but didn’t see any oil in the water. We really didn’t get south of the islands and I was real curious to see if there was any oil washing up but the weather prevented us from checking it out.  We made it all the way to the harbor when the rain started.  We got the boat on the trailer in the rain and headed back to Hattiesburg.