Boating = Epic Fail

Ken and I are on vacation this week... and it has been wonderful.  We decided sometime this week we would go out on Daddy's boat. 

So our first try was on Tuesday, but it was supposed to storm early afternoon. So we decided not to chance getting stuck in the storm.  Instead we went to breakfast, then to Walmart. I went shopping with Jamie after that :) Long fun day!

Second try on Wednesday. Get to Mom & Dad's and the trailer doesn't fit on Ken's hitch ball or whatever that thing-a-ma-jiggy is called. But it was okay... we went to Defuniak Springs to Chataqua Winery.  On the way back we stopped at the riverwalk and ate our lunch we packed for the boat.  It was so----o nice!!  :) We went to Pensacola to get a 2" thing-a-ma-jiggy so we could go boating today.  On the way back I was able to see my niece!  She is growing so fast!  Just think, God's hand was in us not getting the boat on the thing-a-ma-jiggy!  We were able to enjoy beautiful scenery, have a wonderful lunch in a beautiful spot with my loving husband, and see my niece I haven't been able to see for a while!

So, today comes.  We get the hitch thing-a-ma-jiggy and it doesn't fit on the truck... then we start looking at Ken's closer, and it IS a 2" thing-a-ma-jiggy!!!!!  hahahahaha!! So, we go down and get the boat on the truck. We get to the basin and put in. I noticed the boat sank down pretty bad when we got in, I was like "sheesh I couldn't have gained THAT much weight on our vacation!" Ken forgot to put the plug in, we were takin' on water!!  So we got the water out, the plug in and tried to crank up... and tried to crank up.... and... well you get the picture.  It didn't ever turn over, apparently the battery for that was dead.

Our next thought... We will just take the trolling motor and fish a little in the basin... as we are going around the basin and the trolling motor screws strip out of the boat!!!!!!!!!!!  So now we have no big motor, no trolling motor... luckily Daddy had a paddle in the boat.  Well, it was a busted paddle, but a paddle just the same :) We did finally make it to shore.

I swore to Ken I would not have anymore "good" ideas. And if I do I will keep them to myself!!!

But Rebel had fun!! :)