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Bertram31.com General Bulletin Board
Re: Happy Birthday Doc
Posted By: vic Roy In Response To: Re: Happy Birthday Doc (Ray Belanger (Reel Crazy))
Date: Monday, 13 March 2006, at 10:22 p.m.
Well, as someone said, Doc is the happiest man any of us have ever known. For those of you that have not had the pleasure to meet him and be around him, let me introduce him.
Richard "Doc" Ely is a retired dentist from NJ. I met him on this site years ago. He got a coveted invite to the first UVI in 2000. Doc showed up with his cameras and the huge smile and jokes he is famous for. The less than luxury accomidations at Port Eads were just up his alley. Doc bounced out of a crummy bunk before daylight every morning with that huge smile, a joke for the day, and off we went fishing. He and Garry Jordan hit it off since they are both pretty tall guys. Garry's nickname is now "high pockets". Doc fished with Garry on the Geaux Deep for several UVIs. They came close to winning a couple of times.
Anyway, Doc is what we all want to be, a guy that has TWO B31s, a place at Ocean Reef Coub for the winter with a pristine B31 at his back door, an eternal smile, and sho' nuff, he's gonna make the UVI 6 at the Tropic Star Lodge in Panama on June 16th. He is living proof that a smile on your face, a joke in your heart, and a martini or two every day will make you a very happy camper. Happy Birthday, Doc, see you soon in the land of Cuban cigars and red drinks with umbrellas, and huge marlin.
UV
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