Thursday, June 19, 2008

Cruising...

Several years ago I bought my hubby a rubber inflatable boat for Christmas. He built his own floorboard complete with a "seat" for himself in the wide end (starboard? aft?) We bought a trolling motor and motor mount. He took it out one time by himself, but with his health/breathing problems it was too much for him to do alone again. For Father's Day, I told him I'd go with him and let him take me out on the lake. So, after church, we blew that sucker up, loaded everything in the back of the truck and took off. Um, this isn't as easy as it sounds. It took nearly two hours to do this and another hour to drive to the lake.

We unloaded that sucker on the grass bank rather than using the boat ramp. You should have seen us. We pushed it into the lake and held onto the rope to keep it from drifting out. Then he said..."Okay, get in the boat." Ummm hmmm. Yep. So to accomplish that I do what? Can you imagine stepping into any boat which is rocking in the water and keeping your balance? Okay now downsize to a rubber blow up boat with big round sides and try to step onto it...into a tiny spot left where the cooler, tackle box, and my bag of goodies didn't occupy. After I maneuvered like a beached whale into the boat, hubby had to wade into the water and get in. I got to hold the wet rope. We finally settled into compromised positions.

The trolling motor moved us right along. I was surprised at the speed it produced. The day was perfect. Beautiful sun, blue sky, and mid eighties. Perfect weather.

I hung my legs over the side, kind of laying sideways and read my latest Dean Koontz novel, Odd Hours. I love this character Dean created. I get quite a chuckle out of reading this series. I'm sure he wrote it with tongue in cheek. I'm always in awe of Koontz's command of language.

Anway, to my surprise, the boat ride was very relaxing! I'd do it again.








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10 comments:

Lori Foster aka L. L. Foster said...

LOL. You look really relaxed there with your book and the life preserver for a pillow. ;-)
It's a good Father's Day photo!

Kudos to you both for wearing the life preservers. When I was younger and we spent each summer at a lake, we knew of a lot of people who drowned because they were too "cool" to wear them. Such a shame.

Sunshine, water and a book - a perfect day!

Hugs,

Lori

Grace Tyler said...

Cute pix! You look like you're having a grand time, and I'd say it was worth the effort.

Grace Tyler said...

P.S. I love your slide show. I might have a go at that.

Diane Craver said...

Your pictures are great. What a nice way to spend Father's Day!

Anonymous said...

LOL. I'm glad you had fun. I'm terrified of working on skin cancer with my family history of it. I don't think I could relax enough to go along on the water. And all the alligators in the estuarine environments down here kind of have me nervous. ;) But you did the right thing! He had a special day. And it paid off for you. :) Skhye

Kelcy Jones said...

And I love the look and feel of your blog. If you did it yourself, excellent! I don't know much about creating blogs to do anything to mine...

Marcia James said...

I love freshwater fishing. ;-) You look like you had a relaxing and fun day!
-- Marcia James ;-)

Unknown said...

Too funny, Carol! I'm glad all turned out well.

Bess McBride

Anonymous said...

Hey, it looks like you had fun! Not a bad way to spend father's day. Beats cooking!

mcrowley41 said...

Looks like you had a great time. What a fun way to spend the day.

Margaret