Does it go vroom-vroom?

The guys that just flew in yesterday are hysterical. I'm sorta glad the 'cruise director' gave me the cast of characters ahead of time because when I met them it was immediately evident who was who from the descriptions (thank goodness for the guy with the british accent, otherwise I would have had trouble with that distinction). I posted part of his email before. Here's the link to the post in case you haven't been able to keep up with the bagillion posts I've got on here.

I could tell who Pat was when he held up a big fancy professional camera and asked me how he would go about taking it on a fishing charter with him. My answer: you don't. I let him borrow my waterproof camera. I have faith he'll take good care of it. Anybody with that many gadgets has to be pretty good at looking after them, I'd say. He was thrilled to have it, so I'm glad it made him happy.

Geoff was easy to figure out because of said British accent.

Richard was the first one I talked to and definitely had the cruise director aire about him. The man in charge! (he's also the one that's taking me flying)

Vince, I figured out only by deduction.

The sons, Ted and Wes - I'm still not sure who is who. I'll figure it out.


They're a fun bunch, so I'll probably have a good time with them this week. They showed me a picture of the halibut they caught (they stopped somewhere on the way up here and stayed for a few days to do some fishing), which was practically as big as me. Actually, now that I think of it, it weighed about as much as I do. When I go halibut fishing I need to catch one of those badboys. If you catch one that weighs more than you then your charter is free. Pretty sweet deal. All the more reason to stay in shape, I guess. . .

These guys actually arrived a day early becaue they gave themselves a weather day and didn't end up needing it. When they got to the Soldotna airport they were looking for a car rental place and none of them had cars. I called around a bit for them, too, with no luck. Finally they called Rent-a-Wreck and were practically begging for a car. With six men they needed a van or something, too, which limited their options even further. Rent-a-Wreck said they miiiiiiiight have something, but. . . and Richard told them he didn't care what it was, as long as it goes vroom-vroom! He then heard the girl say to the other person working, "he just wants something that goes vroom-vroom." That's classic. And this is my favorite part - They ended up with a van that was hit by a moose! How hysterical is that?! The rental agency is aptly named. They keep saying the car was hit by the moose, but I'm thinking it was probably the other way around. Anyway, the windshield is pretty smashed and the hood is a bit dented, but it definitely goes vroom-vroom.