Pyramid Lake Cutts (NV)

[dubob]

Deserve it?  Nope.  And I have never gotten a good explanation.  On the ice at Starvation everybody else in the group had left for the fishing spot up by the bridge...over two miles away.  Bob was last to leave...with me as a passenger on his sled.  He was messing around with his gear so I backed up to take some pictures.  The attached picture is of him rocketing off without me...but with my gear and my gloves.  Had to walk almost all the way there before SOMEONE ELSE came back to give me a ride the rest of the way.

Ahhh - CRS strikes again.  It was explained, the day it happened.  My snowmobile was running (creating background noise) at the time.  I have a hearing loss that requires the use of hearing aids which were not in attendance that day.  Pat said something to me and what I heard was this: " I have to go use the bathroom."  For sure that wasn't what he said.  But it is what I thought I heard.  Before I could answer, he turned and started walking away.  So I'm thinking that I can get out to the fishing spot and return while he's answering the call of Mother Nature.  I went straight to the fishing spot, dropped both sleds and IMMEDIATELY headed back to pick him up.  About 2/3 of the way back I meet another snowmobile heading towards the fishing spot with Pat in tow.  I turned around and followed them back to the fishing spot.  When we got to the fishing spot and came face to face, Pat was livid and let me have it with both barrels.  DAMN; he was MAD AS HELL.  I then apologized and explained that I thought he said he was going to the bathroom and that I thought I had enough time to drag our stuff out and come back to pick him up.  I'm serious, he was as mad as I've ever seen him or hope to see him.  He stayed mad over it for well over a year.

I did not intentionally leave him stranded at the launch site.  It was a communications misunderstanding.  I think we are past it.  I am for sure.  Pat is always welcome on my boat and I was happy to host him at last years Spring Flotilla on Utah Lake.