db’s road trip to the Red River

Don Barone hits the road on Easter Sunday to make his way to the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open on the Red River.

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Okay, ALREADY! So I took off a couple of days, went home to Connecticut to hang around with my wife and do some fun things (saw Jeff Foxworthy in concert & a Tyler Perry play) but at 4:15 a.m. on Easter morning I got up and left behind our Eastersquatch ...
Okay, ALREADY! So I took off a couple of days, went home to Connecticut to hang around with my wife and do some fun things (saw Jeff Foxworthy in concert & a Tyler Perry play) but at 4:15 a.m. on Easter morning I got up and left behind our Eastersquatch …
... to jump on a plane (only to have some sugar-rushed kid heading to Disney World spill soda all over me in the plane) and fly back to Little Rock, Arkansas. There I picked up my Tundra to head to the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open on the Red River in Shreveport but ...
… to jump on a plane (only to have some sugar-rushed kid heading to Disney World spill soda all over me in the plane) and fly back to Little Rock, Arkansas. There I picked up my Tundra to head to the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open on the Red River in Shreveport but …
... I made a detour in Hope, Arkansas, to take this photo to send to my bud at ESPN, Bob Ley, just to make his day on the <i>SportsCenter</i> set since the Prez never seemed to make Bob's day. Say what you want about the Prez from Hope, but I always thought the guy played great music at his parties ... so ...
… I made a detour in Hope, Arkansas, to take this photo to send to my bud at ESPN, Bob Ley, just to make his day on the SportsCenter set since the Prez never seemed to make Bob’s day. Say what you want about the Prez from Hope, but I always thought the guy played great music at his parties … so …
... I arrived in Shreveport, Louisiana, by way of planes and trucks about 4 p.m. Bayou time. I'd been moving now for 12 hours, already missing home when I get an invite to have Easter dinner with Elite Series angler Kevin (K-Pink) Short and his wife Kerry. Not wanting to come empty-handed, I stopped into a Walmart to buy some Easter flowers that are pretty much on their last stem ...
… I arrived in Shreveport, Louisiana, by way of planes and trucks about 4 p.m. Bayou time. I’d been moving now for 12 hours, already missing home when I get an invite to have Easter dinner with Elite Series angler Kevin (K-Pink) Short and his wife Kerry. Not wanting to come empty-handed, I stopped into a Walmart to buy some Easter flowers that are pretty much on their last stem …
... and get to the Short's 5th wheel only to find they had an Easter basket with my name on it waiting for me...
… and get to the Short’s 5th wheel only to find they had an Easter basket with my name on it waiting for me…
... after Easter dinner, I drove over-a-piece at the campground to shoot this photo from the porch of my old dinner buddy, Denny Brauer, who is fishing the Central Opens. Denny, his wife Shirley and I talked some. I left telling him I miss him and
… after Easter dinner, I drove over-a-piece at the campground to shoot this photo from the porch of my old dinner buddy, Denny Brauer, who is fishing the Central Opens. Denny, his wife Shirley and I talked some. I left telling him I miss him and “don’t hurt anyone out here.” Then I head to check into the Hampton Inn and hit the bed about midnight. Almost 20 hours of on the road. Hey, Barbie…miss you, hon, already. But take comfort in the fact that I’m back out here with my second family. To all of you, a belated Happy Easter, hope it was a blessed and peaceful one with your family.