Our New Found Hobby...bursted...

We spent Saturday morning cleaning and reviving Craig's old boat. Craig was so excited to try it out, so we headed to Penrose to a small resevoir called Brush Hollow for a few hours that afternoon. The lake was much lower than we had expected, but with a little help we managed to take it out and have a great time. The kids even caught a fish! Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the camera. Needless to say, we really enjoyed ourselves, and decided it would be easy to take it out for mini trips often.

Sunday, the weather was not cooperative...no boating.

Monday Craig walked in the door at 12:30 announcing he was done with work. We headed up to Tarryall Resevoir just past Lake George.





A beautiful drive. The dog could hardly contain herself. The kids couldn't wait to catch more fish!




Much to our dismay, the day didn't quite go as planned. In our haste to unload the boat in the water we forgot to put in the plug...leading to a slight filling of the boat. Once we scooped out the water, we headed away from the dock with the trolling motor. Unfortunately, Craig couldn't get the engine started. We managed to row ourselves to the shoreline when it started to rain. We put the kids and the dog in the car and waited for the storm to pass, while Craig managed to get the motor started. Upon arriving back at the dock he announced for everyone to get in. I was a little too tiffed to enjoy this experience, so I decided to take the dog for a walk. On our walk, I noticed a small metal cap that looked similar to the color of our boat trailer. Didn't think anything of it, so I walked back to the boat ramp to check on the family. The kids decided they wanted to play in the water a bit, so naturally, we said yes.





Meanwhile, Apsen was enjoying the water a little too much, too. She kept going out to the point where she couldn't get back safely. After her third attempt to go out we decided to try out the boat once again.



It really gets funny now. We got past the point of no return when the engine started acting up again. The dog was shivering from laying in a pool of water from the leak, Craig is feeling extremely frustrated not being able to keep the engine running, I am worried about getting back to shore before the next rainstorm comes in, and the kids are just having a great old time!! (Hope your enjoying this story... because it gets even better!)







After deciding to pack it in for the day, we managed to get the boat safely back to the dock. As Craig was backing up the trailer to load the boat, I noticed the wheel is wobbling. Yes, it was the hub cap that I saw on my walk with the dog. Fortunately, I remembered seeing it, and the dog and I went back to get it. We got it back on, put the trailer in the water, loaded the boated, drove two feet and it fell off again. Put it back on, drove three more feet and it was dangling by a thread. Clearly, we were not going to be able to take this boat home. UGGGH. After some thought, we managed to have our brother-in-law, Eli meet us in Woodland Park with another trailer. I took the kids home, while the guys headed back to Tarryall to put the boat in his parents small trailer and the boat trailer in the bed of the Eli's truck. What a sight that must have been!!

The best part of this whole experience was we couldn't help but laugh. It truly seemed like a crazy set of events that was beyond belief.

I am sure you are asking will they ever go boating again?? The answer is yes...It turns out the trailer just needs new bearings which Craig has already purchased. And the boat just needs a little welding at the seams. Eli happens to be a welder by trade, so that shouldn't take more than about twenty minutes...or so he says!

Stay tuned!