What a great weekend!

Gofirstclass

Gofirstclass

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Apr 20, 2010
11,693
Tri Cities, WA
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Boatless in WA
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No motor
GW's mother is 94 years old (95 in December) and is just a kick to have around. She's in great health, love to do stuff, and usually takes care of our house and the pets when GW and I got out of town or spend a night on the boat.

Mom has never spent a night on a boat smaller than a cruise ship so we decided that this weekend we'd take her out for an overnight cruise. We pulled out of the slip around 3:30 on Saturday and, after calling the railroad bridge to have them raise it for us, we headed to one of our favorite places to overnight. Sorry this one of the bridge is fuzzy. I was busy changing camera batteries as we were coming up to it and rushed the shot.
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The weather was perfect, no winds, temps in the high 70's, a storm leaving our area and moving to the NE. Here's a bow shot after we passed the bridge. Gotta love that calm water.


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And a wake shot at 10kts…
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This area we overnight at is right at the confluencre of the Snake River and Columbia River. It has a couple of mooring buoys that are first-come, first-served. We were lucky to get the one we wanted because nobody else had showed up yet.
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GW immediately wet her line to try to catch something dumb enough to bite whatever was on her line… (no luck all weekend)
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Meanwhile Mom grabbed a magazine and relaxed (Note the tug in the background)…
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As the sun started to set we were treated to a nice display…
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We had a couple of adult beverages then enjoyed a nice dinner of barbecued salmon, fresh tomato salad and marinated shrimp. Sorry, no pics…I was too busy with the fork to pick up the camera.

This morning’s weather was as nice as last night. This is what it looked like…
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So after relaxing all morning and into the afternoon we untied and headed back to the slip. A good time was had by all and Mom said it was one of the best memories she's ever had.

I guess that means she enjoyed it.
 
Looks great, thanks for sharing. I employ the same bungee technique on my magma.
 
looks ok, glad you all enjoyed yourselves, especially that old lady.
 
Very good GFC. My wife's grandmother is 96 and in pretty good shape but I don't see her doing that. My hats off to her. I hope I can still lift a cold one at her age.
Great Pics - Your killing me :smt089 I want to be on the water.
 
What are you doing boating this time of year?? Get out and winterize like me darn it !!! (jealousy showing thru a bit?)
 
Yup, that thread was from August, but we're headed out tonight for the Christmas Lighted Boat Parade, and that Little Old Lady will be on board with us. Tomorrow is her 95th birthday so the whole famdamily is coming out for the parade and a birthday party.

I'll try to get some pictures and post them.

SeaRaybio270, we boat all year. The only winterizing I do is blow out the fresh water system and use gallon jugs of water to flush the heads with.
 
Gofirstclass said:
Yup, that thread was from August, but we're headed out tonight for the Christmas Lighted Boat Parade, and that Little Old Lady will be on board with us. Tomorrow is her 95th birthday so the whole famdamily is coming out for the parade and a birthday party.

I'll try to get some pictures and post them.

SeaRaybio270, we boat all year. The only winterizing I do is blow out the fresh water system and use gallon jugs of water to flush the heads with.
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GFC ~
What is the coldest it gets out your way? My plans with the 400EC is to keep it in the water next winter.
I get reading these threads and forget to look at the date.
:huh:
 
SeaRayBio, we have a moderate temperature range. In the winter it's usually in the 40's-50's, but we do get about 2 weeks where it dips down below freezing. Every few years we get a week of temps in the teens, and this year was one of them. In the summer we are usually in the 80's-90's but that's with a humidity of around 15%-30%, so it's a very comfortable, dry heat. In summer we get a week or two where it goes above 100°, and I've seen it over 110° several times.

The coldest day we've been on the water was several years ago and it was about 15° with winds in the 20mph+ range and snowing. The hottest day was 112°.

I blow out the fresh water lines/tanks on the boat and that's about all I do to winterize so we can use the boat all winter. We don't normally get ice in the marina because it doesn't stay cold enough, long enough. I've seen it ice over in the marina but that's rare.

BTW, today it's going to get to 50°, the sun's out and there's a bit of a breeze.
 
I had know idea the weather out there was that good. I wish our season was longer and I guess next year it will be when I leave it in all winter. If I leave the boat in Baltimore the chances for the water freezing is a lot less.
Temps here today are in the low 30's with snow flurries. Saturday was 50. However, I only have 115 days, give or take, and I am on the water again!!!!
 
Today 12-13-2010 Lake Huron wave hights 16-18 feet tonight going down to 14-16 feet. Glad boat is put to bed.
 
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