Boating with the dogs

We took the dogs boating for the first time yesterday.  They seemed to like it.  It was cold, though, and Ollie doesn’t have a high tolerance for being cold (dipping him in the water probably didn’t help).  Penny sat calmly on the deck.

September 21st, 2008  Boating, Pets   Tags: Boating, lakewinnebago, Pets, more...

Boating on the ‘bago

This weekend, we took the boat out on Lake Winnebago for the first time this season. It was a little choppy, but we made due. I tried wakeboarding for the first time, but I failed to get up. We went with my brother (who owns the wake board). He actually did better than I did. The water was a little cold but nothing we couldn’t handle.

Today, my whole body is incredibly sore, especially my wrists. I almost shed a tear trying to open a bottle of soda this morning. I got a little sun-burned but nothing that should peel. Just getting a head-start on this summer’s tan.

June 11th, 2007  Boating   Tags: Boating, Recreation, summer, more...

Boating Season

We’ve been a little slow this year getting the boating season into gear. The weekends have been either busy or had poor weather (the boat was also in for a tune-up over one weekend). We took our boat out for the first time two weekends ago with Wanda’s grandma. We wanted to go on Lake Winnebago, but it was way too windy, so we opted for the Fox River instead. We managed to mess up our prop and skeg pretty badly on some rocks. Fortunately, we had an extra prop. We took it to Ed’s Boat Sales (which is less than a mile from our house) and got the prop replaced and the skeg fixed. Amazingly, it only came to $92! I was thinking it would cost hundreds.

We didn’t take the boat out this past weekend due to the poor weather. Maybe this weekend. I need a truck though – although the Saturn can pull it just fine, the front-wheel drive sucks for pulling the boat out of the water.

By the way, if you’re in the Appleton area and need your boat serviced, I would recommend Ed’s. We’ve seen good service and reasonable rates so far.

June 4th, 2007  Boating   Tags: Boating, Recreation, more...

Weekend

Wanda and I had a great weekend. We took our boat out for the first time. On Saturday, we took it out on the Fox River. We were still learning the ropes and are still novices, so we didn’t get far, but we had a good time. Sunday was a blast. We went out on Lake Winnebago with my mom and brother. We stayed out a little too long, though. When we launched, the water was quite calm. By the time we went in, the waves were thrashing around our boat. That was a little nerve-wracking for me being only my second time. We can’t wait to take it out again.

July 24th, 2006  Boating   Tags: Boating, Recreation, toys, more...

New Boat

We finally bit the bullet and bought a boat. We bought it off of eBay and got a great deal. It’s a 16′ 1989 Sea Ray. The previous owner took very good care of it – it runs quite well and there are nearly no blemishes on it. It’s a smaller boat, but we thought it would be a good starter for us, especially since we can pull it with our Saturn Vue. Too bad we have no clue what we’re doing, but everyone starts somewhere. It should be interesting

July 18th, 2006  Boating   Tags: Boating, toys, more...