What a Difference a Day Makes

This morning around 10:30 we put the boat in the water, after killing a bunch more ants and some eggs too - I hope we can win that battle eventually. There was only 1 other guy at the boat launch so it was pretty easy. After a few cranks of the engine it started up and I motored over to the slip while Andrew drove the truck and trailer back to our house. We discovered a red plastic kayak had wedged itself in our slip, so we put it on the outer walkway. If no one has claimed it in a few weeks, we will take it ourselves - I love kayaking! After coming back to the house to shower, eat, and pack the cooler, we went out around 1:00pm to give the boat a good first of the season run. The weather was sunny and very warm. There was a pretty good breeze which made the water rather choppy, in addition to all the other boats and their wakes. We took a long run down to Big Water Marina where the sailboat is. It took well over an hour to get there, and we also had to stop half way at Portman Marina to fill up the gas tank. What a zoo that was. Some guy on a huge houseboat nearly sideswiped us while Andrew was holding the gas hose filling up the tank. We can't exactly move at that point buddy! He was having a bad day, but he didn't need to take it out on us. We were sure glad to get out of there. After finding the sailboat in good shape (but it needs a good washing!) we put some fuel stabilizer in the gas can and then made the long trip back up to our neck of the woods. Check out this video clip of Andrew speeding along back home. It was a really great day!