Season Premier of: Dancing With Salmon

[cowpuc]

Me and Tip,, we go way back and have a number of things in common.. We both love having Tweeks show us around the country and introducing us to new friends ,, both love being around our kids, both really like Banana Nut Ice Cream, we also like eating Sea Food and Fish Dinners at Long John Silvers (I like the Hush Puppies more than her though)...

Speaking about fish,,, I wreak of it right now.. Strong enough that Tippy made me leave my fish smelling jeans and sweat shirt out in the garage to collect some fresh Michigan fall air before getting dunked into her wash machine....

Every year about this time I go and dance with the Salmon.. Unlike Kevin Costner performing his dancing with the wolves act, I tend to be less agile and romantic in my performance of Dancing With Salmon.. For me,, the dance is all about eating baked/fried Salmon or stuffing my tummy with Smoked Salmon Chowder... Unlike Mr Costner and his attempt at making friends with that wolf,, I could care less whether the Salmon I am dancing with like me or not..

Its been a long fall here in searching for dancing partners.. We have been watching the Lake Michigan/Muskegon lake channel entrance for 2 months,, very few dance partners came around earlier here, way down from usual.. The pro's around here blame last winters extreme tempts for the low turnout at the annual dance.. Some say the warm/cold/warm/cold weather is to blame.. I, on the other hand, have a hunch that the Salmon have taught their young about Puc - The Dancing With Salmon legend and that they simply bypass the stage entrance when choosing a channel to swim up..

I was speaking to another young actor down by the river not to long ago who shared with me his assumption that what we have are a bunch of Salmon who dont know whether to swim up stream or back out to the Big Lake.. This business of scraping ice off the cane pole one minute and the next minute wanting to take a dip in the dance waters to cool off would have me not knowing which direction to swim too,, if I were a Salmon instead of a Puc that is.. This fellow may have a point......

Well,, FINALLY, after I displayed about the same patience as most Venture Riders do during a homepage upgrade,, our dance partners started showing up.. One particular Salmon apparently didnt care for my bearded Costner look cause she slapped my face with her tail fins as she slid from between my fingers and back into the river.. She did slow down long enough to wipe her gills and eye lids on my sweatshirt and pants on her way down,,, I think thats where the fishy smell came from that caused Tippy to demand my pants and hoody stay in the garage..

The dance partners that decided to come home for dinner with me were not to displeased with being forced to ride in a tub with their friends.. If you look closely at them you will notice they all appear to be smiling.. This is good cause pretty soon I know I am gonna be smiling too cause after the smoker comes the Salmon Chowder that Tippy makes using fresh smoked Salmon... Unlike Costner and Dancing With Wolves, in Puc and Dancing With Salmon everybody goes home with a smile..

[Flyinfool]

Poor little fishies.........

[bongobobny]

Yummmmm!!

[BigLenny]

I Swear. When I grow up I definitely wanna be Cowpuc!