How long has it been since I last did that? A few weeks now, I'm certain. Tonight's the first night I've actually sat down and ran through my bloglist in a caouple weeks! But I did sit down tonight bout an hour ago and it's been a pleasure to relax and read through my list to see what my friends on the internet have been doing while I've been busy.
Getting Fish Slayer ready for fishing really was a slog and I'm not done yet. But the boat's working very well and the trailer is safe to haul the boat to the lake. I replaced the entire axle under the trailer and added a new winch and safety chains. I've moved part of the windshield and removed the other portion until I can get some new windshield braces to finish the job.
In the future I'll be replacing the lounge seats with fishing seats and building a fishing deck in the front portion of the boat. I want a livewell up there and an electric trolling motor so I can do some bass fishing and control the boat from the front. I also want a gas trolling motor for the back of the boat- there's already a kicker motor mount back there and a couple downriggers for trolling for kokanee salmon and trout when I go to the deeper lakes.
But all that will have to wait- send money! and in the mean time, I'm going fishing! Kenny and I went to East Canyon reservoir yesterday for a day's fishing. Kenny caught 2 rainbows while we still fished for a bit and later I caught 4 trolling about 30 feet deep. The boat worked better than a 30 year old deserves to and we had a great time. Sunday and I even had 2 of my fish for dinner tonight!
No fishing today but chores instead. I spent most of the afternoon digging up and repairing a busted sprinkler line in the front yard. With the temmperatures reaching into the 90s, the grass needs watered diligently and the sprinkler I was trying to use just couldn't deliver enough to keep the grass green. So the built in sprinklers are fixed and working and I just have to turn them on and off every night.
My new router seems to be working fine but the signal strength isn't very good in my shop so I intend to relocate the router upsstairs from its current location underneath the stairs. Maybe that will get done one night this week...
Vacation starts next Monday with our annual trip to the Oregon coast, camping with the BSU's family. Son Noah is due home from Colorado and is going with us on the trip. He's planning to ride his motorcycle to the coast and back and I suppose he will unless his mom can talk him out of it. We'll see. But he hasn't been home since October so it will be good to see him.
So that's it. Summer is here and I'm keeping busy. I'm loving my new, old boat and look forward to lots of fishinig trips with my buddies. I'm looking forward to getting fixed up just the way I want it over the winter and as funds allow.
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