The house is full of Christmas decorations, the tree is up, and I already have my XMAS gift! Talk about doing everything early this year. We started early because Marc, Chandra, and Laila will be here about a week before XMAS, right after we return from our 2 week work gig at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Thinking that we wouldn't have much time after Vegas, we decided to get everything out early. In addition to all of the other things on our plate, at least "decking the halls" is out of the way.
The boat acquisition was not intended to be a Christmas thing, it just kind of worked out that way. As I mentioned before, I got the bug to get another boat last spring, and it carried over to our return to Arizona this fall. I knew that I wanted a "Deck" type boat, and I looked mostly on the Internet for a couple of weeks. There were a couple for sale here in Lake Havasu, but not unlike vehicles, there is a wide range of quality in boats, depending on the manufacturer. Even though our last boat didn't turn out to be the right one, it was a Sea Ray, and the quality was excellent. So, I kind of had my eye on another Sea Ray, and fortunately, this one popped up for sale only an hour drive away in Kingman. It's a 21' Sun Deck, powered by a Mercruiser 5.7 liter, 250 horsepower, inboard-outboard. There's seating for 10, not that we'll ever have that many folks on board, but compared to the last boat, there's tons of room!
Along with most of the rest of the country, our weather has cooled off a bit, with daytime temps down into the 60's. We probably won't be using the boat a lot this winter, but one of the things we plan on doing, is renting a slip at the marina for the month of March, and perhaps longer. It makes it so much more convenient to just drive down to the lake, jump in the boat and take off. We did that with the last boat, and it was well worth the slip rental cost. Today is the last day of tinkering with the new toy, as we have to start getting ready to head for Vegas in the motor home this Sunday. We're looking forward to driving to Kingman tomorrow, where we'll have Thanksgiving at Ron & Judy's house, and be joined by Bob & Jeanette and Jim & Megan.
The boat acquisition was not intended to be a Christmas thing, it just kind of worked out that way. As I mentioned before, I got the bug to get another boat last spring, and it carried over to our return to Arizona this fall. I knew that I wanted a "Deck" type boat, and I looked mostly on the Internet for a couple of weeks. There were a couple for sale here in Lake Havasu, but not unlike vehicles, there is a wide range of quality in boats, depending on the manufacturer. Even though our last boat didn't turn out to be the right one, it was a Sea Ray, and the quality was excellent. So, I kind of had my eye on another Sea Ray, and fortunately, this one popped up for sale only an hour drive away in Kingman. It's a 21' Sun Deck, powered by a Mercruiser 5.7 liter, 250 horsepower, inboard-outboard. There's seating for 10, not that we'll ever have that many folks on board, but compared to the last boat, there's tons of room!
Along with most of the rest of the country, our weather has cooled off a bit, with daytime temps down into the 60's. We probably won't be using the boat a lot this winter, but one of the things we plan on doing, is renting a slip at the marina for the month of March, and perhaps longer. It makes it so much more convenient to just drive down to the lake, jump in the boat and take off. We did that with the last boat, and it was well worth the slip rental cost. Today is the last day of tinkering with the new toy, as we have to start getting ready to head for Vegas in the motor home this Sunday. We're looking forward to driving to Kingman tomorrow, where we'll have Thanksgiving at Ron & Judy's house, and be joined by Bob & Jeanette and Jim & Megan.
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