Spring has arrived
Springs has arrived…
After a long strange winter, I’m excited for summer and pontooning season. I feel robbed of this last winter with the lack of snow and for the first time in recorded history, the Vilas County snowmobile trail system did not open. I’m very hopeful for the years and seasons to come, we will pay a heavy price and mother nature will pound us with plenty of white gold and make up for it. I’m a believer in that the earth goes in cycles and el Niño came to an end at the beginning of last month.
Been so busy getting the Pontoon out of storage, setting up the bunk trailer with some new guides. I’ve never owned a bunk trailer before and found out the hard way about loading a pontoon with this trailer it had no guide system to get it on the correct surface when pulling out of the water. I did some research and found some heavy duty bolt on guides, three sets of them which I believe will do the trick. In the past I’ve always borrowed a scissor lift trailer and there is really no magic in using these, easy peasy. I seem to always learn things the hard way. Will be a couple of weeks I think before I actually dump in the pontoon though with the 10 day forecast, I’m a fair weather rider.
May 5th was a party we hosted and was told we’d have possible boat traffic. My son Trevor and his girlfriend Amber helped me get the dock in the water. Took about an hour with these aluminum 24 foot sections, basically one person can roll it the water with ease.
Cinco de Mayo party was a lot of fun with the open invitation to come celebrate with Wendy and I. Plenty of food, drinks and shots, it was a beautiful day for a party. I believe it hit close to 70 degrees, great day to sit outside and enjoy all the friends that showed up to party. And party is what we did. The pool table was going most of the party with Gary Jr. having a record day of winning. Of the three games I played, I think I won two.
Also had a great friend and co-worker showed up that had recently retired from Harley Davidson Tomahawk. When you retire from Harley, they give you an option of receiving a Tour Pack Cover or a Fairing with all the companies employees signing it. He didn’t want it, but asked if I’d be interested and I couldn’t pass it up. Thanks Mark.
Till next time...RWM
