April 11, 2009

Yes I have lost my mind and bought a yellow boat. According to one wit from Durham who has a television in every room of his house, we now have more boats than he has televisions. That will change after we give the wooden skiff away to the Sea Scouts and sell the Scanoe. I got quite a deal and decided to go for it. After Terri named her Fishstick 2 I put her in the creek to see if she floated, and she did. Kill her she's a witch, a witch I tell you, a witch!!! No wait, I put the BOAT in the water and she floated! The engine runs fine, reverse is a little sticky but I'm working on it. The trailer needs some work, there is a leak around the plug, I should beef up the transom, I wish I could find my trolling motor, and for goodness sakes it needs to be painted! Bobby, don't bring your ultralight stuff for our birthday weekend; sorry, don't think she'll be ready for that by then. But it is always a joy to mess around with boats...........and I do love things that make combustion engine noise; but you probably already knew that.
I like the openness of the cockpit, it makes walking in the boat a lot easier for an old guy like me who has the tendency to trip over shadows on the sidewalk; should be a good creek and river boat.

And now on to more important things, Pop physically seems better each day but had a few cloudy days this week. We're not sure what his next step will be.
And now on to even more important things; the tomb is empty, Happy Easter.
Off to look at colleges next week