T Stands for Weekend Fun and Food Wednesdays

 Hi everyone.

 Happy first full week of July. For all of us in the northern hemisphere,  we're really into summer now, aren't we?

This past weekend was a busy one for me. My husband took Friday off, and we went out in his boat. We went for a cruise, and we also did some fishing. 

Here's the highlight photo from the day, although I understand probably most (or maybe none) of  you  really are interested in fishing.

This fish my husband caught was a beauty. We measured him (30 inches; he was legal to keep), but after the trophy photos,  we put him back into the water, and he swam off on his way.  Even though we both like to eat fish, he deserved a chance to swim more days. I am sure many or most fishermen would have kept him.

We were supposed to go boating again on Saturday with my daughter and her fiance, but the morning was stormy. They still came to visit Saturday evening. We went boating with them on Sunday. 

This time we let the future son-in-law do the fishing, and he caught 2.

Both of his fish were too small to keep but still beauties. I like that they are swimming back in the river.  I didn't do any striper fishing this weekend myself. I often do fish, but Friday I was more interested in lounging, and Sunday the boat seemed a bit crowded with 4 of us in it. Besides, since it was Sunday,  lots of people were on the water so our boat was rocking and lots of water kept washing in around  the transom (the lower part where the engine attaches). The water drained right back out, but we did have some good laughs at how wet  our feet were while  sitting in the boat.

I did go mackerel fish both days but the mackerel fishing hasn't been very good lately.

Is anyone else having issues with getting all your photos to show up when you try to get them to link to your post in blogger? I can get into them through Google albums, but not directly. 

There was also way too much food this weekend, so I will be sharing my drinks and my food for both T day over at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog and also for Kathy's Food Wednesdays. 

 My daughter and her fiance arrived  Saturday late afternoon. By then the weather had cleared out so for dinner we went to Pop's. We had  perfect timing too. When we got there there was no line. By time we ordered there was a line. And we also were able to get a table on the deck to eat our dinner.

Yes this top view of the deck is a bit skewed. And below you can see our food except my daughter's lobster roll, which she was about to take a bit of.

My husband and Zach had chicken fingers. My daughter and I had lobster rolls. The lobster roll comes with French fries but I substituted cole slaw.  I really like their slaw as it is not saucy at all but still has lots of flavor.  I must also write that the price of lobster rolls have gone up $3 since  Pop's opened in May. Right now they are $25.99. OUCH!  I am at the very top of my lobster roll paying price (and at that price I am not buying them very often- that's for certain). I decided to have one Saturday evening because it had been a warm day so

a cold sandwich tasted good for dinner. I also think that lobster rolls might go up even more in price so I thought I would splurge and have one before I can't because they've gotten too pricey.  I do think Pop's is trying to keep the price under control though since that price is still a bargain, well a bargain for right now. My husband saw them at one restaurant for $38.99. I am sure a lot of this has to do with the cost of fuel right now. 

I hope this doesn't end up being my last lobster roll of the season as it seems the season has just begun.

You can see our assorted drinks for this week's T day.  I like an icy fountain soda but my daughter brought a soda from home and her fiance drank his water.

On the boat Sunday for lunch we had "dry sandwiches and salty chips".  Or at least that's what we called them. Smile.

My husband bought some Italian cold cuts and provolone cheese, but figured any other sandwich "fixings" would only be messy. And I wanted ripple chips instead of plain sliced chips. The only ripple chips were not low salt ones, and boy, they seemed so salty. 

Anyhow, salty chips and a dry sandwich are best washed down with an Old Brown Dog Ale.

And here's one more drink for this post. I tried one of these hard seltzer's my daughter brought. I don't mind a hard seltzer when it's hot. I did think there was a strong hint to the black cherry flavor, but when I looked up acerola fruit I discovered it is a cherry like fruit. Not sure that explains the strong cherry taste, but I certainly enjoyed it as the afternoon heated up.

Ad that's all for me today. Thanks for visiting. I hope everyone has a wonderful T day food Wednesday and week ahead.