A father and daughter fishing team came down to the dock almost everyday. While walking Peanut
the teen asked her name and if she could pet her. I sat with Brendon and daughter Teagan for a
while a visited. Our evening visit turned into a daily ritual. Teagan would look towards our boat and we would come down as soon as we noticed they arrived. Once Teagan understood Toms humor they became pals. Soon Teagan was running down the dock to get us each evening. One Friday evening we went out and on Saturday Teagan informed us that Peanut was sad because we left her. She could hear her whine. Brandon really wanted to buy a fishing boat but didn't think he could get Teagan on it. They have wave runners but she will only ride with a friend of the family, not dad! Because she asked about our boat and our "little" boat, our dink, each day we offered to take her for a ride in the "little" boat hoping it might make her comfortable enough to ride on a boat that dad bought. It took several days but one day she announced she wanted to go for a ride. Our smiles were beyond ear to ear when she came running up the dock the next evening with her life jacket on. "Im going on the little boat", lets go! It just so happened it was the day her friend had come fishing as well. We put them in the "little" boat and off to the beach we went.
We walked, picked up shells and ran in the sand. A memory we won't forget! Once back in the boat Teagan announced she didn't want to go back. She wanted to go the other way under the bridge first. Excited that she felt comfortable in the boat we honored her request. You should have seen dads face when we passed the dock and headed for the bridge! When Teagan got off the boat she announced to her dad that he could buy a boat and she would ride on it. HAHAHA, he now had her permission. Just before we left Urbanna Teagan wanted to go for a ride on the "little" boat. This time we
told her dad was going to come with. It took a little trickery, because she insisted that he not come, to make it work but we got it done and not only had a nice ride but a tour by dad of the homes along the river just outside Urbanna Bay. Tom had taught Teagan the phrase I'm going to send you to the moon, complete with arm pointing. When we left the dock with dad in the boat she told Tom I'm going to send my dad to the moon! Not sure her parents are going to appreciate her learning that phrase, lol.
We had such fun with those two, and will miss them. We so hope we cross paths again!
Check out Tom and T doing the crabby dance in the last photo.
She didn't want her photo taken because I was driving. "What are you
doing".
froze the meat from 2 dozen keepers.
The crabby dance
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