Camping Trip - a bust

[kc4zvw]

Was planning to try a camp trip this weekend but Saturday morning truck won't
start. The pickup has a completely dead battery. So I clean garage and find battery charger and charge until noon while cleaning more of the garage.

Still not enough charge to start so change plans and pack car for day trip. I
head off for Deland and find campground with poor planing and directions.
I cheat by using a Nextel and a friend near computer. 8)

River Forest is on the St Johns just north of the SR 44 drawbridge. Took film
camera so I don't have pictures to upload yet. River to busy with power boats
at this place to make a excellent paddle spot. Eat supper with group in the
cafeteria in a screened porch and find food real good after no lunch. Am I
roughing yet? :wink: Ok I did have lunch in you count a small bag of
apricots from "Ann's House of Nuts" bought at Walgreens.

So no TV but did watch slide show of the Utah Wilderness and filled out a
post card addressed to Senator Nelson to save land from development in
this region. Group stops and watch lunar eclipse though light clouds. Return
home earily to sleep in own bed. Find truck with charged battery and dome
lamp glowing brightly in dark.

Get up late Sunday and sort though tools. Find truck will start but cranks
slowing. After lunch plan grand expedition to Sears and buy a Diehard
silver and install. Later plan trip ATM machine and visit friend in Orlando
that I have not seen/heard in 6 months. Swap six months of stories and
finds his wife wants to build a wood kayak from Pygmy. Use friends cable
modem and new install of Caldera Linux and bookmark all boat sites I visit
at home. Check out his/her 'new' motorcycles and see their plastic boats.

As for a camping trip ... remembered this site:

http://www.pygmyboats.com/BOWRON.HTM

must plan something else better around Thanksgiving time-off.

regards,

David

 

[Swampy]

Dave sometimes the bear gets us.... :wink:
swampy

 

[oldsparkey]

David

You said ........Swap six months of stories and
finds his wife wants to build a wood kayak from Pygmy.

The kayak in my shop, that you looked at, is the Coho by Pygmy. If she wants to I am more then willing to have her take it out on Lake Mills for a test spin to let her see how it handles and this way she would know if she wants to build one.

The best way to know about a boat is to actually paddle it and then decide what you want to do from there. It might be to long and she would like a shorter kayak but she will never know until she actually paddles one. Unfortunately there are only two of us here that let folks try out a Pygmy kayak before they make one and both of us have the Coho's ..... the other person is oven in Titusville.

She might want to check with Pygmy and see if someone new has signed on and has an Osprey or Artic Tern.
Chuck.

 

[kc4zvw]

David

The kayak in my shop, that you looked at, is the Coho by Pygmy. If she wants to I am more then willing to have her take it out on Lake Mills for a test spin to let her see how it handles and this way she would know if she wants to build one.

...
She might want to check with Pygmy and see if someone new has signed on and has an Osprey or Artic Tern.
Chuck.

Sue mentioned the Osprey Triple as the one she was interested in building.
I'll send e-mail to Otis and ask if they would like to check one out up close.

Do you have time this week to check out my workshop?

regards,

David