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CharlesW

The Rainmaker
Since I have to be available for a phone call, I thought I would try to post some pictures. (Don't know how to do multiple images, so this will take several posts.) Or maybe not if The Fuzz axes the thread. :D

This is where we are most summer week-ends.
 
This week-end, we spent all our time on the pontoon. Next week-end should be the run-about in the lift.
The pontoon was shrapnel when we bought it. A little work and it is much better. Of course the new carpet and all new furniture helped a little.
 
Wow, that looks almost idyllic! I can feel myself relaxing just looking at those pics, Thanks, Charles.

PS - I can see by the lush green that you've worked your magic there, too!
 
Thanks everyone.
It is really great. You can just relax or go ski & tube your brains out. We bought the place in 1976 and have enjoyed it immensely. We spend several 7 to 10 day long vacations there and really have a great time. Interestingly enough, after that time, I am ready to go home to Ankeny. I don't think I could spend all my time there, even in the summer. In the winter, I would go crazy.

And yes, the paddle boat, the pontoon boat, and the canoe are all fun, but the Chris Craft in the lift is still my boat. I'll try to get some pictures of it next week.

I got on this digital camera kick when I was given a $40 Vivitar. I figured you had to spend a lot of money for a digital camera, but I guess it's all in what your needs/wants are.

Charles
 
Outstanding Charles! Thanks for the memories. Our family bought our first boat (a beautiful wooden hulled - 14' {IIRC} Yellowjacket w/35hp Evinrude) when I was 5. In my teenaged years, we moved on to an 18' SternCraft, it had an outboard Merc, but don't remember the displacement. We spent my entire childhood and adolescence boating and water skiing. Even after my Brother and I grew up and moved out, Mom and Dad continued their boating adventures, eventually trading to a 26' SeaRay, the older style with all of the beautiful teak trim. I truly miss our family's boating days.
 
Mr. Clean said:
Outstanding Charles! Thanks for the memories. Our family bought our first boat (a beautiful wooden hulled - 14' {IIRC} Yellowjacket w/35hp Evinrude) when I was 5. In my teenaged years, we moved on to an 18' SternCraft, it had an outboard Merc, but don't remember the displacement. We spent my entire childhood and adolescence boating and water skiing. Even after my Brother and I grew up and moved out, Mom and Dad continued their boating adventures, eventually trading to a 26' SeaRay, the older style with all of the beautiful teak trim. I truly miss our family's boating days.
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Hey, I always have an answer for someone else's problems.
Go buy a boat! ;)
I had a 20' Slick Craft that had some teak trim and I liked the teak so well I made and added a bunch more. If you think keeping your car looking nice is a challenge, try keeping teak looking new. It was worse than a black car. :D
 
That is beautiful Charles! I'm very jealous! :(

I would be fishing every day! (except when detailing of course :D )
 
jaybs95, Thanks. It looks like the storage shed for some of the homes there, but it works for us.

Hey Boss, lots of Crappie, Catfish, Bluegill and Bass for all the fishermen and women, but I don't happen to be one of them. :) I probably have 1/2 dozen rod & reel combos for guests, but I have never personally had a line in the lake. We had a fishing boat for 10 years that I never used. Not seldom used, never used.

Mr. Clean, couple of old boating sayings.
Boat = Hole in water surrounded by fiberglass into which you throw gobs of money.
B-O-A-T = Bring On Another Thousand.

Actually, if you take care of them, boats are not that expensive to maintain. Kind of like your vehicles. Take care of them and they will take care of you.
 
CharlesW said:
Mr. Clean, couple of old boating sayings.
Boat = Hole in water surrounded by fiberglass into which you throw gobs of money.
B-O-A-T = Bring On Another Thousand.

Actually, if you take care of them, boats are not that expensive to maintain. Kind of like your vehicles. Take care of them and they will take care of you.
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LOL, Charles. I don't doubt that for a moment. I do remember Mom and Dad paying taxes including school taxes in another county/city where they kept their boat docked. Adding in slip rental.

In the earlier years before they started docking the boat at the marina(s), I remember learning at my Dad's size the importance of keeping your vehicles clean. On Saturday evening after a full day at the lake, we would carefully wash both the boat and the car used to tow the boat before retiring for the night.
 
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