We went for a twilite cruise with our new 22i a few nites ago.
We tied up at the Bluewater Hotel on the Parker Strip, Arizona (home of this years Tige' re-union BTW).
You can use the South side of A dock for up to 2 hours.
The signs say 15 minutes, but the policy has changed. It's 2 hours.
After dinner at the Buffett, the kids sat on the swim step of the boat with their feet in the water and watched the flying hamsters swoop down within inches of us and catch bugs.
If ya stay real still, they come within inches of your head too. Maybe a 6 to 8 inch wing span.
We'll ask the rangers today what kinda of bats they are.
We un-tied and headed for a slow cruise up to the dam.
We came upon a family of Otters that lives about 1/4 mile North of the Roadrunner Floating restaurant in the reeds on the West side.
The Otter kids are out with the parents about sunset.
River Otters are about 1/3 the size of the Pacific Ocean Otters. At least this family is. The kids are about the size of a can of Pepsi.
If ya shut of the engine, and the current isn't flowing too strong, they may come out and swim about the boat. They did for us.
They swim on their backs, dive deep and surface 25 feet away eating what ever it was they caught. They play and play and it's fun to watch for a spell.
Then it got dark and we headed for the dam.
About 15 MPH, I looked up and their was a big fiberglass float dock support floating free dead in the middle of the river. I swerved, but hit it.
Probaby skinned the gellcoat of the boat, I'll look at it tomorrow when we pull it outta the water and then take it to Tige' of Coronas really good glass shop. I couldn't see with a flashlite in the dark.
This stuff happens, I'm not going to even think about it beyond mentioning it here.
We backed up to the float, and took it aground, and I tied it to a bush.
Nothing more I could do.
Time was I might have unloaded a mad clip in it to sink it,,, but that was then, and someplace far away.
Our new 22i has a few teething pains, but what a teriffic boat.
We really love it.
The first time the wife piloted it, figures, a PWC pulls out in front of us blindly looking right while turning a sharp left.
Miss them by a paint job.
We tied up at the Bluewater Hotel on the Parker Strip, Arizona (home of this years Tige' re-union BTW).
You can use the South side of A dock for up to 2 hours.
The signs say 15 minutes, but the policy has changed. It's 2 hours.
After dinner at the Buffett, the kids sat on the swim step of the boat with their feet in the water and watched the flying hamsters swoop down within inches of us and catch bugs.
If ya stay real still, they come within inches of your head too. Maybe a 6 to 8 inch wing span.
We'll ask the rangers today what kinda of bats they are.
We un-tied and headed for a slow cruise up to the dam.
We came upon a family of Otters that lives about 1/4 mile North of the Roadrunner Floating restaurant in the reeds on the West side.
The Otter kids are out with the parents about sunset.
River Otters are about 1/3 the size of the Pacific Ocean Otters. At least this family is. The kids are about the size of a can of Pepsi.
If ya shut of the engine, and the current isn't flowing too strong, they may come out and swim about the boat. They did for us.
They swim on their backs, dive deep and surface 25 feet away eating what ever it was they caught. They play and play and it's fun to watch for a spell.
Then it got dark and we headed for the dam.
About 15 MPH, I looked up and their was a big fiberglass float dock support floating free dead in the middle of the river. I swerved, but hit it.
Probaby skinned the gellcoat of the boat, I'll look at it tomorrow when we pull it outta the water and then take it to Tige' of Coronas really good glass shop. I couldn't see with a flashlite in the dark.
This stuff happens, I'm not going to even think about it beyond mentioning it here.
We backed up to the float, and took it aground, and I tied it to a bush.
Nothing more I could do.
Time was I might have unloaded a mad clip in it to sink it,,, but that was then, and someplace far away.
Our new 22i has a few teething pains, but what a teriffic boat.
We really love it.
The first time the wife piloted it, figures, a PWC pulls out in front of us blindly looking right while turning a sharp left.
Miss them by a paint job.
Domz I see you are learning the new California language....
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