Lodi 6/8/14 Headwaters, Eddyline, Volunteers and Troops make it Happen!

Everyone did an Amazing job once again,  and hate to single out anyone,

But I've got to give a Big Thanks to the Weirmarian Family for taking over the check in and all those Waivers…

  and to Piski for staying on deck all day making sure everything ran smooth on the dock…

That was so Huge and such a relief for me as to be able to focus on all the other things happening.

I usually get my 3 day migraine headache after these events as I do too much…

Well,  no headache and feel great….  Thank You so much!!!

and as Usual,  the anchor,  The Rock…  Master Navy Chef KayakJack and the "Taco Stand"…. 


Your all Hired, but your Pay will remain the same….   

Great pictures everyone! I had an AWESOME time just hanging out and helping where I could! I really enjoyed hanging with the little guys and gals hookin bluegill!  Thanks for everything HOW and Don!

Ed was really stoked all day. He was one of the last ones in. Slow bite today, Very hot but Awesome day at lake Lodi and @ headwaters kayak thanks to: Don Dan Bam Bill and all the guys at headwaters. Jacks tacos for breakfast. Wow that was good. Marvin's tacos. Too yumm.
The American legion for lunch
Eddiline the one of a kind custom camo kayak. Snapperhead Bill and his wife won.Thanks to all that participated In that!

All the NCKA pros and family that helped in so many ways. Mostly like to thank all the veterans for their participation, sacrifices and my freedom.

Amazing event. Best one yet. It had that festive carnival/familly/ncka feel. We managed to pump out 320 breakfast tacos. Every one was eaten. I got to give huge props to galley crew. They stepped up and worked hard to make it happen. The crew: Ohhgee who was there at dawn and stayed til the last dish was packed in the truck. Shicken and his crew. They assembled every taco with love and precision and topped them with marvelous marvin's home smoked pulled pork and Ohhgee's homemade salsa. Skipro worked the big pan with passionate attention to detail. Somehow he managed to get 15lbs jalapeño,15lbs onion,20lbs smoked sausage,25 bunches cilantro,5lbs cheese and 210 eggs all properly cooked in 1 pan. The tortilla lady. A woman of latino heritage who wandered in from the heat and cooked a shitload of tortillas and then quietly wandered back off into the heat. I don't know her name but she was really great. Thank you tortilla lady. We love you.

The credit goes to Jack on KP.  We all love him so much, how can we NOT help him where ever we can in his kitchen??!!  Thanks for the lesson on HOW to cook for 200.  My arms are sore from stirring!!  Ha! 

And a big thanks to the crew selling T-shirts too!  They set up next to the kitchen and were selling those shirts, hats and stickers until I think there was almost nothing left.  I don't know all their names, but each one deserves to be mentioned here, so if anyone can, please give them the recognition and introduce them. 

Thanks too to the Lodi Parks folks who looked the other way for the parking fees for the crew. 

Sorry I wasn't able to stay later than I did, the heat was too wearing on this old man and I had to get out of it. 

This was our first HOW event, it was really incredible!! So thankful to all the veterans, and their families, for all their sacrifices! All the volunteers did great, especially with the heat. The kayak is SWEET, can't wait to get out on the water. Laura and I may try and get over to Shadow Cliffs during the week, after work of course.

Sweet Bill, so happy for you. You are going to LOVE the Eddyline. I may hit SC this Thursday afternoon to test my new stacker. Sorry I missed this event. My daughter was home for the weekend so it was family time. Strong work guys and gals.

Scott

Amazing event. Best one yet. It had that festive carnival/familly/ncka feel. We managed to pump out 320 breakfast tacos. Every one was eaten. I got to give huge props to galley crew. They stepped up and worked hard to make it happen. The crew: Ohhgee who was there at dawn and stayed til the last dish was packed in the truck. Shicken and his crew. They assembled every taco with love and precision and topped them with marvelous marvin's home smoked pulled pork and Ohhgee's homemade salsa. Skipro worked the big pan with passionate attention to detail. Somehow he managed to get 15lbs jalapeño,15lbs onion,20lbs smoked sausage,25 bunches cilantro,5lbs cheese and 210 eggs all properly cooked in 1 pan. The tortilla lady. A woman of latino heritage who wandered in from the heat and cooked a shitload of tortillas and then quietly wandered back off into the heat. I don't know her name but she was really great. Thank you tortilla lady. We love you.

I think you are referring to Amy. She is a family friend. She saw te event on facebook and asked if he could help. Without any hesitation she hopped into the taco Stand and began helping. She is suh a sweet lady. 

And a big thanks to the crew selling T-shirts too!  They set up next to the kitchen and were selling those shirts, hats and stickers until I think there was almost nothing left.  I don't know all their names, but each one deserves to be mentioned here, so if anyone can, please give them the recognition and introduce them. 

T

That would be RacinRacidRob's wife Berta and Paul my next door neighbor …  quite possibly the strongest HOW shirt selling team ever!!!

 Spent some time going through all this for reporting this month and I can't tell what I love most about what WE have done with Nor Cal HOW…



  How Much the Warriors and Families love kayak fishing and their smiles….   

      Or,

            HOW much all have you have done and seeing your smiles…     

  Either way… "Win Win"

  Right on Nor Cal HOW and NCKA

  and Jon Kelsey just got ahold of me… probably Early Fall… DTBD, whole weekend...

Don't want to miss that one,,,  Going to be Epic,    Again…. 

     http://kelseybassranch.net/Home_Page.html

I think this one got my Crank Bait!

What a grand event.

I was happy to be part of this event.

Got there early, around 6am to help prep and set up where I could.  I took the opportunity to rig up all the rods since it looked like someone needed to do that.  While I was doing that I threw out a trout rod to see if I could hook any of the trout.  I didn't hook up a trout.....

Anyways after that everyone had pretty much settled in their roles so I just hung out around launch command and chased bluegill. I did take an opportunity to jump on one of Headwater's SUPs to do a patrol.  While on my patrol I happened to come up on my Propel being ridden by a nice gentleman near the diversion dam.  He told me he really enjoyed the kayak and seemed to be having a fun time even without a fish.

The day got HOT and I came back to eat lunch and started packing up and unrigging the rods I had so studiously worked on in the morning.

Some pics:
While on SUP Patrol




Back at "Launch Command"/Bluegill Central



Bam going bobber fishing

Nice photos Ben. Thanks for your help. I'd like to take your pedal drive Native for a spin sometime. How do you like it?

Thanks Ben,

 That was a HUGE set up with around 50 plus rods….

and thanks to Bill ( Winner of the Eddyline! ) for helping to de-rig them too….  that's a big job at the end of the day as all the rods need to be down line attached to the line clip on the reel otherwise, storing is impossible

Thanks Ben,

 That was a HUGE set up with around 50 plus rods….

and thanks to Bill ( Winner of the Eddyline! ) for helping to de-rig them too….  that's a big job at the end of the day as all the rods need to be down line attached to the line clip on the reel otherwise, storing is impossible

Until we have a trailer with rod racks.

Thanks Ben,

 That was a HUGE set up with around 50 plus rods….

and thanks to Bill ( Winner of the Eddyline! ) for helping to de-rig them too….  that's a big job at the end of the day as all the rods need to be down line attached to the line clip on the reel otherwise, storing is impossible

Until we have a trailer with rod racks.

Ok…  That will be awesome…  as of now, were at capacity ….