A continual parade of boats
Watching the action in the south channel
One of the attractions of the Desert Storm weekend, is all of the boats cruising through, and parked in the Bridgewater Channel. While we sat and watched the parade of boats, the Desert Storm Shootout was taking place about a mile from our location. The shootout is an opportunity for the event participants to run a two mile, closed, straight course, where their top speed is measured at the end of one mile. I won't be surprised, if I read in tomorrows newspaper, that one, or more of the boats reached a speed of close to 200 mph. Because the course is so long, it's difficult to watch unless you are sitting on the lake in a boat, so we were content to sit in our chairs, as we watched the party in the channel. If you like to people watch, this venue is one of the better places. Of course, the music from the megabucks stereo systems is a bit over the top, as many of the boat owners were having their own shootout, as to who has the loudest system. I know we're getting older, and there's this huge generation gap regarding what qualifies as good music, but I will never get into this rap, hip-hop, or whatever you call it. Because the scenery and action was to say the least, quite interesting, we put up with the loud noise (I won't even call it music). After an hour or so, we decided that we had seen enough, and certainly had heard enough, so we packed up our chairs, and headed off to Wal-Mart, where we found an affordable solution to a problem that was looming on the horizon. More on that in the next blog.
A continual parade of boats
Watching the action in the south channel
One of the attractions of the Desert Storm weekend, is all of the boats cruising through, and parked in the Bridgewater Channel. While we sat and watched the parade of boats, the Desert Storm Shootout was taking place about a mile from our location. The shootout is an opportunity for the event participants to run a two mile, closed, straight course, where their top speed is measured at the end of one mile. I won't be surprised, if I read in tomorrows newspaper, that one, or more of the boats reached a speed of close to 200 mph. Because the course is so long, it's difficult to watch unless you are sitting on the lake in a boat, so we were content to sit in our chairs, as we watched the party in the channel. If you like to people watch, this venue is one of the better places. Of course, the music from the megabucks stereo systems is a bit over the top, as many of the boat owners were having their own shootout, as to who has the loudest system. I know we're getting older, and there's this huge generation gap regarding what qualifies as good music, but I will never get into this rap, hip-hop, or whatever you call it. Because the scenery and action was to say the least, quite interesting, we put up with the loud noise (I won't even call it music). After an hour or so, we decided that we had seen enough, and certainly had heard enough, so we packed up our chairs, and headed off to Wal-Mart, where we found an affordable solution to a problem that was looming on the horizon. More on that in the next blog.
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