Jackson, Sam, and I had a busy first day. We were up at 4:45am, to shower and make breakfast. After our Eggos, we departed at 5:30 to begin our first day of work. We arrived at Jordan's (our mentor) house just after 6am. When we got there, he introduced us to his sister and her husband, then walked us through his backyard, as when on-shore we will be building a ramp for his boat trailer. We left for the docks at around 6:30, and were out on the water well before 7am with Jordan's friend Mike. We stayed out until 11:30, and Jordan immediately taught us the ins and outs of slow-pitch jigging. We only caught one fish (a king fish), but we learned so much about jigging and the way that we'll be fishing throughout the course of this trip, the morning was well worth it. For the record, Jordan is a brilliant educator and fishing-related teacher. He told us a lot of his life story, including how he sold his IT business and retired early to run his fishing charter company. Truly a smart guy and we are lucky to have this close of an experience led by him. 

When we got back from fishing, we thought the day was almost over, but we were wrong. We headed to Home Depot to get some wood planks and concrete mix. We then went back to Jordan's house and started the assembly process on a boat ramp in his backyard. Being an ex-contractor, Jordan is highly educated in construction, and we ended up getting many unexpected lessons in the world of construction, as I fully prepared the site to be poured over in concrete. We ended the day at 2:30pm, and after 8 and a half hours, we were drained. Tomorrow we are going to rip apart a porch on Jordan's old house, to add to the materials of Jordan's backyard boat ramp.

Time for the day: 5:45am-2:35pm (8 hours, 50 minutes)