TUES 18 09

WELL WE SPENT THIS DAY VERY USEFULLY IT RAINED ALL NITE AND WAS CRAPPY THIS A M SO WE WENT TO THE STORES DO I NEED TO TELL YOU WHICH ONES CHIP HUNG OUT WITH US AWHILE AS DID TOMMY W WE FISHED A LITTLE WORKED ALOT SOMEONE TOLD US OUR SURGES MAY BE THE FUEL FILTER SO WE CHANGED IT WILL UPDATE THAT ONE FOR YOU DRIED OUT THE BOW CUSHIONS UPDATED THE BLOG FILLED UP WITH WATER AND LOAFED GROCERY SHOPPED JAN YOU KNOW HOW I LOVE THAT BUT I DID GET TO MY FAVORITE TOOL STORE DOLLAR GENERAL THAT JOKE IS FOR MY PALBILL WHO MAKES FUN OF MY TOOLS JAN THINKS WE ARE HAVING FUN AND MEETING ALOT OF PEOPLE I HOPE THAT IS GOOD I MISS THE REAL CAPT AND OF COURSE THE NUT OUR DOG PEANUT THIS AFTERNOON HOT AND SUNNY OFF TMORROW FOR MIDWAY ONE OF PETE HANSENS FAVS ENGINE CHECKS DONE AND READY TO GO ENGINE CHECKS INCLUDE OIL CK FILTER CKS LEAK CKS VIUAL CKS TRANS FL CKS FUEL TUBE CKS GENNIE CKS DRIVE SHAFT BOLTS PACKING CK SEPARATOR CKS SEACOCK CKS JUST TO MENTION A FEW PETE TAUGHT ME NEVER TO PULL OUT WITHOUT THESE CHECKS BOB LUSCO DID THESE WHEN I BOUGHT THE BOAT BUT I WAS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO LEARN THEM FROM HIM I JUST LET HIM DO THEM LIKE HE WAS GOING TO DO THEM THE LIFE OF THE BOAT OH WELL LIVE AND LEARN NEVER STOP LEARNING AND MY GOODNESS IS THERE A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT A BOAT GOING OUT WITH CHIP AND TOMMY W FOR DINNER OUR TURN TO TREAT THEN WE WILL BE COOKING OUT RIBS STEAKS AND SAUSAGE THE NEXT FEW EVENINGS WE ARE TREATING OURSELVES QUITE NICELY AFTER ALL WE DESERVE IT WELL WAIT A MINUTE I DO I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THOSE OTHER TWO

17 AUG 09

WELL WE ARE NOW HEADED TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE MARINAS GRAND HARBOR THIS PLACE IS SO COOL THE BATHROOM HAS A PLASMA HD TV OVER THE URINAL WITH THE WEATHER CHANNEL ON IT NOT TO MENTION ONE OF THE NICEST MOST HELPFUL GUYS ON THE WATERWAYS CHIP LUCAS EVERYONE KNOWS AND RESPECTS CHIP HE TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS RUNS A TIGHT SHIP AND IS NOT A BIG DEAL GOOD GUY JAN AND I HAD MET HIM BEFORE AT THE M CITY BOAT SHOW AND HE REMEMBERED WE WERE TEACHERS HE WILL BE THERE NEXT WEEK CHIP LUCAS STOP AND TELL HIM YOU HEARD HE WAS A GOOD GUY SO DOWN THE RIVER WE GO DO NOT FORGET THIS IS A RIVER NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL IT MORE AND MORE LIKE A RIVER THAN A LOCK AND DAM AND THEN ANOTHER POOL OR LAKE UNTIL THE NEXT LOCK NOW CAM IS AN OLD HAND WITH THE BOAT AND ALL IS GOING WELL WE HAVE TO ST OUT COACH ONCE IN AWHILE BUT THAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED DOING FINE EVERYONE IS DOING THEIR SHARE AND THE BOYS HAVE NOT REBELLED AGAINST MY BOSSINESS SO WE CALL CHIP AT GRAND AND HE IS OUT TO GREET US AND SO ARE TWO KIDS TO HELP US EVEN THO IT IS POURING DOWN THE RAIN SO I AM CAPT TOM COACH IS COACH AND NOW CAM THE DOCTOR SO COBE WHEN YOU SEE A REFERENCE TO THE DOCTOR THAT IS YOUR POPA OR GRANDFATHER NICE NITE AT JONS PIER A GREAT RESTAURANT OWNED BY A GUY FROM IND WHO IS ALWAYS GLAD TO GET NEWS FROM BACK HOME JIM IS HIS NAME WE MET OUR FRIEND TOMMY WILLIAMS OR LITTLE ED AS HE IS KNOWN AND HAD DINNER WITH HIM HE BOUGHT DINNER AND HIS BUDDY KEPT BUYING CHOC MARTINIS OH HOW I HATE THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS WE ARE BEING TREATED AWFULLY NICE TONITE WE WILL TREAT CAUGHT TWO FISH OFF THE DOCK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MARINA REALLY NOT FAIR BECAUSE THEY WERE JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS CAST INTO THE ACTION CAN YOU SAY FISH IN A BARREL ALSO COBE POPA BROKE HIS TOE YESTERDAY AND IS HOBBLED STUBBED IT ON THE BOAT THE ONLY INJURY SO FAR HERE IS A LITTLE SPANISH FOR YOU ADIOS PS COACH WON THE FOOTBALL POOL AT THE RESTAURANT LAST NITE 100 DOLLARS TOMMY WILLIAMS HAD PUT US IN THEN BROUGHT THE MONEY OVER TUES A M CAN YOU SAY LUCKIER THAN A ADIOS

16 AUG 09

YOWSER CAN YOU SAY EYE CANDY WE ARE COMING INTO THE MARINA AND THESE TWO SOUTHERN BELLS DECIDE WE NEED TO SEE THE LOCAL SIGHTS SO THE TOPS CAME OFF AND THE DANCING BEGAN WE OF COURSE COVERED OUR EYES AND TURNED OUR HEADS I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE HAD SEEN THAT ONCE IN CHICAGO AND ONCE ON THE OHIO WHILE ON THE TOW BOAT CAPT TOMMY WILLIAMS SAID IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME TO THE TOW A BOATER WE REFERRED TO AS COWBOY SAW US COMING IN AS HE WAS COMING OUT AND YELLED TO ASK IF WE WERE COMING IN AFFFIRMATIVE SO HE WHEELS AROUND AND COWBOYS BACK IN AND IS THERE WAITING FOR US AND DOCKING US WE GAVE HIM THE APPROPRIATE COLD DRINK AND HE LOVED US WE SAW COACH WHO LIVES AT THE MARINA AND HIS LOVLEY WIFE SONJA WHO HELPS RUN IT ALSO THE LOCAL CELEBRITY AND STATE POLITICIAN WHO OWNS THE PLACE NICE NICEFOLKS

15 aug 09

HEY WE ARE BACK HEADED TO CUBA LANDING TODAY CAM FROM FLA IS COMING TO PARIS LANDING TO JOIN US AND TO HEAD OUT FLEW INTO NVILLE AND MET THEIR FRIEND BILL SINCLAIR WHO PICKED HIM UP AT THE AIRPORT AND BROUGHT HIM TO MEET US AND OFF WE GO HAD TO JUMP THE PORT ENGINE BECAUSE THAT POOR BATTERY HAS BEEN BOILED DRY SO MANY TIMES THANK GOD BILL EDSTROM TALKED ME INTO A BATTERY PACK AND I GOT A GOOD ONE A JOB WELL DONE HAD A GREAT TRIP NO LOCKS YET GET TO CUBA LANDING AND GENEVA RUNS THE PLACE AND SHE IS A SWEETHEART AND SO IS JENNIFER WHO WORKS THERE AND WAS HAVING HER 24 BDAY SO OF COURSE WE CARRIED HER HIGH AND THE NEXT DAY I USED MY OLD SMOOTH JAILHOUSE QUESTION ON HER ASKING WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF JAIL THAT MORNING AND OF COURSE SHE WAS SO SWEET SHE THOUGHT I WAS SO FUNNY CAN YOU SAY CORNBALL ALSO HER HUSBAND WORKED THERE AND HE DID NOT APPPRECIATE HER HOSPITALITY AND FRIENDLINESS I E A LITTLE SURLEY SO WE HAD JENNIFER COOK US SUPPER AFTER I ANNOUNCED WE HAD NO PROPANE FOR THE GRILL AND THEN FOUND 4 0F THEM THE NEXT MORNING CAN YOU SAY COLD BEER BUT A FINE STOP PICKED UP SOME GOODIES FOR BILL E UP AND OFF TO CLIFTON

15 AUG 09

PARIS LANDING TO CUBA LANDING ON SAT BEAUTIFUL WEATHER CUBA LANDING IS A FAIRLY LARGE MARINA NOT LARGE FOR TRANSIENTS BUT QUITE LARGE FOR LOCAL FOLKS GOOD FISHING AND GOOD SANDWICHES AND NICE PEOPLE GENEVA RUNS THE PLACE AND IS A REAL SWEETHEART TOOK GOOD CARE OF US ANOTHER NICE GAL THERE WAS JENNIFER WHO COOKS AND WHOSE HUSBAND ALSO WORKS THERE AND KEEPS A CLOSE EYE ON HER JUST FOR YOUR INFO BUT SHE HAD HER 24 BDAY AND WAS AT WORK BRIGHT AND EARLY THE NEXT DAY OF COURSE I HAD TO TEASE HER ABOUT BEING IN THE LOCAL JAILHOUSE THE NITE BEFORE STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE PORT BATTERY WE HAVE TO USE THE BATTERY PAC TO START IT EACH DAY BUT NO NEW BATTERY UNTIL NEXT SEASON JENNIFERS HUSBAND ALSO WORKS THERE AND IS NOT NEAR AS PRETTY NOR FRIENDLY AS SHE IS

FRIDAY 14 O9

END OF THE SUMMER TWO WEEK TRIP TO DEMOPOLIS FOR BOTTOM WORK ON THE BOAT DOING THE BOTTOM ON THE HARD OBVIOUSLY AND LEAVING IT UP FOR THE WINTER MONTHS ON ADVICE OF PETE HANSEN FIRST NITE OUT SPENT AT COACH COOKS MOM AND DADS IN CENTERVILLE EIGHTY SOME YEAR OLD FOLKS WHO ARE JUST MARVELOUS MARVELOUS DELIGHTFUL PEOPLE FARMERS WHO WERE ALSO HORSE AND MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIASTS DURING THEIR DAY THEY ARE SO HOSPITABLE AND ENJOYABLE AND FUN TO VISIT NOT TO MENTION THE FOOD HIS MOTHER SERVES A LITTLE GAL ALL OF 75 LBS BUT WHAT A COOK SHE AND SISTER ROSIE WORKED ON THE MEAL WHILE JOHN MOWED AND FATHER JIM AND I SAT IN THE SWING AND TALKED AND TALKED ALSO TRADING KNIVES WE HAD THE FARM SUPPER COMPLETE WITH FOUR MEAT ENTREES THREE POTATOE DISHES AND THREE PIES PEACH CHERRY AND PUMPKIN DID NOT NEED TO EAT FOR A WEEK SHE WANTED US FOR BREAKFAST BUT WE PASSED ON THAT ALTHOUGH I HAD A PIECE OF EACH PIE AND A COFFEE JIM COOK HAS A MILLION STORIES ALL WHICH I AM GLAD TO HEAR SO WE TALK AND TALK SARAH A NEIGHBOR STOPPED BY WITH CORN AND STAYED TO VISIT WHAT A NICE GAL AND SAYS SHE MAKES GOOD SALSA LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING OUT ABOUT THAT WE ARRIVIED FRI NITE AT PARIS LANDING TO THE VISIT AND DINNER WITH RON AND TERRY FROM MARQUETTE YACHT CLUB DAN AND REBECCA FROM KENTUCKY LAKE AND THE HUBBS FROM K LAKE AND FORMERLY FROM BOONE GROVE GREAT START FOR OUR TRIP THE NEXT MORNING OUR GOOD BUDDY CAM FROM FLA JOINED US AND THE CREW WAS ASSEMBLED