Moving North

Guys and Gals, it is hard to say this, but I recently got a start date of 4 Feb 2019, to begin work in the Emergency Management Section at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA. A lot of things led to this happening, a change in work, cost of living in the bay area, GF's apartment being sold, and a chance to go someplace I really fell in love with on a previous visit, led to this happening.  Jan and I recently went up there to scout the area out, look for a place to live. We will rent for the first 12 months or so then look for a home to buy. We will miss the NCKA family. I have met and hung out with many  of you over the years.

Some of the memories that will stick with me forever is the night Mooch and I shared a hotel room for a HOW event up at Lake Natoma. We laughed our asses off with insults, jokes and you name it. Being interviewed by the sons of one of our fellow members for one of their class projects is also a memory, and how he wanted to know what being over there was like from someone who could tell him. The shock of reading of our fellow members surviving the ordeals of terror of having their yaks munched on by the landlord will always stick with me as well. Seeing what new thing Andy and his boys created from a chunk of steel they found somewhere. The camaraderie of fish and chill, Angler of the Year award ceremony, Play it Forward Event, and HOW support have never stopped amazing me and Jan at how this small community gives back. We both feel truly blessed that we were accepted with open arms, friendship, and support. I will miss all of you, even though I haven't been as active a member as I have in the past. I know over the years I spent enough on tickets to have bought a couple of Kayaks, but I felt that giving to these events was worth more for my soul, than a new boat would ever do. I hope my efforts brought some level of comfort to those who needed it most.

One advantage of us moving north is we will now be able to afford something that will allows to have guests, and we look forward to any of you who decide to venture out our way. You have place to lay your heads, and try your luck out on the "sound."    This has been something we have never been able to do, and I feel we suffered for it, so we hope to be good hosts to those who venture our way.

I wish all of you the prosperity that NCKA brought to our lives, MOOCH Strong!

 

Wishing you a great life up north. Gonna miss your post.

Best to you and your family. Hope the journey that you are about to take meets all yours dreams, and enjoy the new life style you will experience.

You can't excape that easy! NWKA is out there for you North west Kayak anglers has members all over up in there! Make new friends and memories. http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/ Have a great new adventure!
 

You can't excape that easy! NWKA is out there for you North west Kayak anglers has members all over up in there! Make new friends and memories. http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/ Have a great new adventure!
 

I signed up with them a month or so ago just to start building the relationship.  I will go from sea lion to ameba in the power rankings...lol.

Well said.

Best wishes on the new adventures up north and keep us city folk posted up.

Alex

Safe travels and congrats on the new adventure.

Godspeed and please update us on how the life progresses. I would love to (will) move north once my NorCal ties allow.

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Congrats!  'wish you all the very best!  You know where to find us.

You're gonna love it up there.     Plus those Swell kayaks are molded right there in Fairhaven.
  Best of luck and prosperity...   

Sounds like a great move. Post some fish porn here once in a while, so we'll know what we're missing...

Good luck with the move Squidder -- enjoy exploring new territory!

Cheers,
Brad

Best of luck up there. 

Hey Squidder 

 Good luck up there and have fun,,,

we were almost there for many of the same reasons, but something happen for the better ,

 awesome up there and great peeps with nwka,,,

 Thanks so much for help in the early days HOW,  very helpful,

Getting that video crew out there helped greatly. I used that video to break open more than a few doors with the VA and others.

and as you know,, that's not easy to do !!!

thanks also for having my back when I speak of things that people don't want to hear,

sadly,,

that hasn't changed, what people don't want to hear that is, but don't let that stop ya,,,

 education is key and I'm sure you'll never stop,,

just like myself,,

ya have a place in Sonoma County, Sebastopol anytime ya want to check out the the scene again,

  Ciao for now

Good luck with your future endeavors Kevin!  I will always remembering you talking me into the Weber Q series bbq at a Pay Ot Forward event.  And you were right, they are the best portable bbq out there.