Boating Adventures

One of my most favorite things is to go out on my pontoon boat. I haven’t been out this summer as much as I’d have liked…it was too hot, it was raining, I was too busy pulling weeds and taking care of many cats… We went out for a boat ride in...

Putting Boats Away Part Two

Tuesday, November 9th, we prepared to haul my pontoon boat out of the water. Mom and I headed over to the sailboat launch, but were surprised to find… The dock was gone! Well, not gone, but moved out of the water and it was sitting right in the middle of the...

boat part 2

on Wednesday, morning, june 13th, we unveiled the boat and got ready to launch her.  a very exciting morning! yes, we’re very proud of the boat. there are four levels of emissions, and we’re second from the top, at ultra-low.  I think the top one is ultra...

a three hour tour (a three hour tour)

I don’t know why our boat ride Saturday morning reminds me of Gilligan’s island – we didn’t intend to go out for a three-hour tour, and we weren’t shipwrecked on a desert island…but still, it was tumultuous event. I had high hopes...

good news for winnie!

this morning we took him to the vet and he rode on my lap – he was much less stressed there rather than in a crate.  I told kevin to be extra sure that we didn’t have an accident since Winnie wasn’t buckled in. they had to take blood from his jugular...

so many boat shenanigans, the day after the eclipse

as i’ve written about, something is always going wrong with our pontoon boat.  yes, it’s very old, but kevin replaced everything from the floor up several years ago, the pontoons are fine, in theory it is perfectly seaworthy.  lakeworthy. the issue is...