Gents, just to help ease the mood, here's some fun from Alaska.

We set some shrimp pots yesterday (on our way to soak in a local warm springs) and pulled them today.

Here I am 'manning the puller'...



...which basically means I'm ready to hit reverse, or cut the line, if the shrimp pots are stuck on the bottom and the boat starts going over.

The first two pots in the boat, two more to go...



...not looking great.

The 'biggest shrimp'!...



I should point out my wife was wearing about 5 layers of cold weather gear, and the boat ride had messed up her hair.

The 'haul'...



... well it almost filled up a large zip lock bag.

This spot is close to town, so it's easy to check the pots everday. I'm still trying to find the shrimp gold mine.