tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298648901195964272024-03-06T13:01:39.219-07:00OldBoatGuyI own an old boat (1947 Garwood mahogany planked all wood inboard engine), thus I am the OLDBOAT guy. And I am old, (white hair on face) and that makes me the OLD boatguy.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-19806072733511515222014-07-23T21:32:00.001-06:002014-07-23T21:32:38.067-06:00Another Boat Show at Lake Tahoe. South end This Time.I'll leave home Early tomorrow. I missed last years shows and water fun because of health problems. And they are threatening again this year.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-20337354579719855022012-09-06T07:12:00.000-06:002012-09-06T07:12:38.915-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tahoe, 20012. My boat, see the old Sea Ski water slalom water ski? I bought that in 1958. The third picture is of my older brother Ron and our niece Beth Moore, who went with me.
OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-53875351321521098272012-08-07T09:58:00.001-06:002012-08-07T09:59:59.102-06:00Tahoe!I decided it was time to light up this site.<br />
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In the morning, Wednesday, August 8th, I am leaving to go to the Tahoe Boat Show again. I went there in 2009 and my boat won a trophy.<br />
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This year my friend is going with me with his boat that I have been helping restore for the last year and a half. I hope he wins a trophy. It should, he did a wonderful job on the boat. His is a 1937 Chris Craft. Named it "Making Memories"<br />
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I'll be posting pictures later.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-76022957683504644052012-06-13T07:08:00.000-06:002012-06-13T07:08:15.763-06:00I'm ExcitedI got the boat wet last week! It finally got warm and the wind quit for ONE day! But the boating season has started. I'll be going to Tahoe in August! OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-42863446445519863822012-03-19T08:01:00.000-06:002012-03-19T08:01:01.283-06:00Spring caught cold!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4x1ffjtQF-QXJqHMiizRaHKY-Je2iEHF97LgN09DsDc9VZyiO3reAzFQWlsda9VA9GKCbVw4Av6Tl4y7gn8G6QZob-EWfOs4ozNvCP6SoKHiLarNKCt8f-ud2LuQQ0-i7T_rrNN0RH41/s1600/IM001346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4x1ffjtQF-QXJqHMiizRaHKY-Je2iEHF97LgN09DsDc9VZyiO3reAzFQWlsda9VA9GKCbVw4Av6Tl4y7gn8G6QZob-EWfOs4ozNvCP6SoKHiLarNKCt8f-ud2LuQQ0-i7T_rrNN0RH41/s320/IM001346.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I just start getting excited about the coming summer boating season, and this morning, the ground is white!OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-6073113672428331362011-09-04T22:04:00.000-06:002011-09-04T22:04:12.110-06:00Saturday and Sunday at Priest Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizYHzlimDol4ElBXqdhD2KH0Nz5dQemwV0ofQkJwdncQJjfE1u1ohPPUpF0RVkZ2uUoMcaeG9N9Pbqvhwp-GlAcnKKgQVhheMZ5aO-b8TXVyBp-5vqvXxHin8oLhyphenhyphenqgVYDD9PlwttTfWf/s1600/Arlon-and-his-crew-looking-at-a-clue-800x536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizYHzlimDol4ElBXqdhD2KH0Nz5dQemwV0ofQkJwdncQJjfE1u1ohPPUpF0RVkZ2uUoMcaeG9N9Pbqvhwp-GlAcnKKgQVhheMZ5aO-b8TXVyBp-5vqvXxHin8oLhyphenhyphenqgVYDD9PlwttTfWf/s320/Arlon-and-his-crew-looking-at-a-clue-800x536.jpg" width="320" xaa="true" /></a></div><br />
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For the full story go here. <a href="http://woodyboater.com/category/classic-boat-shows/">http://woodyboater.com/category/classic-boat-shows/</a> It's the second one down.<br />
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I have to leave my faithful tow car home. (It became unfaithful in Iowa). There my be internal damage to the engine.<br />
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So if you get a chance, join me for the next few days.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-21645528003094967712011-07-08T20:52:00.000-06:002011-07-08T20:52:57.072-06:00Retrieving my OldsmobileI started out Sunday evening to return to Iowa to get my broken down tow car. Now the tow car is being towed by the tow pick-up.<br />
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So now, repair my tow car, and get ready for the Priest Lake boat show on Labor Day weekend.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-12122913154082740642011-07-02T07:37:00.000-06:002011-07-02T07:37:00.145-06:00More pictures of Alganoc, by other peopleChad Durren took these pictures. He is the man on my right.<br />
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So on this trip to Michigan, I thought once more, "What would I do". Well, on the way home at about 10 AM on Monday morning, driving on US highway 34 thru southeastern Iowa, the engine suddenly quit running. I was just south of a town called Eddyville. I steered it into the driveway of a farm house! Larry VanGenderen is his name, and I am so grateful to him and his wife. <br />
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Then I got out and proceeded with diagnosing the problem. After about 15 minutes, I had determined that the injector pump had failed. Larry came down with a small tractor and pulled my rig out of harms way further up his drive way. Then I called AAA. They could send two tow trucks and take me to Des Moines, Iowa, about 60 miles Northwest. But no one now days understands these old diesels. And the cost could be several thousand dollars. Larry, the farmer, suggested a salvage yard for a pump. And I carry tools to do the job. These solutions just didn't feel right.<br />
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Thank goodness for cell phones.<br />
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I called rental places. No rental trucks had hitches. Then I thought of my thoughts of what I would do on the way to Michigan. I called used car dealers. I found a 2004 Chevy pickup truck in a town about 40 miles south in Bloomfield.<br />
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I asked Larry if I could hire him to take me there. He did and we had a good visit on the way. The truck was a good solid used truck with 109,000 miles on it, very clean and tight, gold in color.<br />
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After I got hooked up to my boat, we put the Olds in a better place to await my return. I asked Larry what I could give him for his help. "I need nothing, but bring me some IDAHO spuds,"<br />
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I am returning to Iowa on Monday morning with a tow bar an a hundred pounds of spuds. I will not leave my baby in Iowa! This trip will cost about $700 in gas. Less than a repair bill in Iowa.<br />
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Google GEARED GREEN and watch Larry's JOHN DEERE tractor pull. He and his family farm 4,000 acres and compete in the pulling circuits in the summer. They are good people, good neighbors, and I thank you, Larry and Cindy VanGenderen!<br />
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And we had a fine time, he and his father. Thanks, Chad, for coming.<br />
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Another online friend and his wife came to see "The Other Woman" also. Mike and Stephanie Sindel from Defience. Ohio. He found my blog about two years ago, and we have been chatting since. He owns a Chris-Craft Riviera, which they take out every evening for a ride from their dock on the river where they live. I'm sorry I didn't take a picture of them. Thanks, Mike and Stef. Here is their blog <a href="http://woodie.ppworks.com/cruise/">http://woodie.ppworks.com/cruise/</a> Then click on CRUISE LOG.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-82836946480802821922011-06-25T18:52:00.000-06:002011-06-25T18:52:44.510-06:00Day three at AlgonacWell, no pictures yet. The chip I bought for my camera is 4 gig. I new a 16 gig would not be recognized by my computer, so I thought surely a 4 gig would. Not so. I'll have to wait until I get home to down load thru a cord.<br />
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Two more cyber friends came to see me. A couple from Defiance, OH, and a local guy I bought parts for my boat who has a shop here. Thanks Mike and Stef Sindel, and Mike Murrley.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-41541664435546484232011-06-24T19:35:00.002-06:002011-06-24T19:44:39.706-06:00Friday at the boat show.This is the get ready day. Launched the boat this morning, with the help of my neighbors Randy and Karen Reed, who flew in late Thursday night to join me here. When it came time for the boat parade, we went out, but the water was so rough from the wind, we came back in. Sorry, no pictures yet.<br />
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The main part of the show is tomorrow. Judging and the people come to oooooo and ahhhhh.<br />
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A friend from the boat forum, Chad Durren, brought his boat Lily from Illinois, and he is tied off right beside me. We have been chatting on the forum and by e-mail for nearly 5 years now, it is fun to meet him and his father.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-26726928915975053812011-06-23T14:59:00.001-06:002011-06-23T15:00:50.369-06:00Arrived at Algonac, Michigan!I80 thru south Chicago was VERY stressful! I'll go home a different way, drop south toward Cincinnati, then west on a US highway. That way I will see more country.<br />
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I will launch the boat in the morning, and at 4PM we go on a boat parade up the St Clair River. Pictures tomorrow.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-81378506378407592882011-06-22T17:41:00.001-06:002011-06-22T17:46:54.536-06:00Second day on the road.No pictures yet, I had to buy a new chip so I could take pictures of the boat show. Wal-Mart had a four gig for $10.<br />
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Drove 590 miles to Iowa City, Iowa. Tomorrow, on thru Illinois to the show area in eastern Michgan.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-46565795057054513672011-06-21T19:50:00.000-06:002011-06-21T19:50:43.834-06:00I'm in Big Springs, NEBut I made a major boo-boo. I left home without the chip for my camera. So the photos are on the internal chip, and I have no way of getting them off, until I buy a cord.<br />
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I wanted to show what happened to my saran wrap. It didn't work. It was partly shredded in just 35 miles at Pocatello, and at Laramie, WY, I had to remove the rest. So I hope it doesn't rain too much. Here in Nebraska there were tornado warnings for yesterday, but so far it is nice and sunny. And I had a TAIL wind all day long. Eighteen miles per gallon.<br />
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I drove 685 miles, left at 6:45 AM, arrived at 7:30 PM. Two fuel stops and three saran wrap stops. Now to find something to eat.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-53367230327431235342011-06-20T18:28:00.000-06:002011-06-20T18:28:08.211-06:00I leave in the morning.So about six AM I will pull out of here for Michigan. I'll spend the first night some where in Nebraska. I hope the tornadoes are gone by the time I get there!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I quit using the canvas tarp when pulling the boat. It caused too much damage. (See older post) I now use "saran wrap".</div>OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-89941997076851236432011-06-17T05:28:00.000-06:002011-06-17T05:28:05.812-06:00Michigan Boat ShowTuesday morning I will leave for a 9 day 3600 mile trip to Michign.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-24278636137088717262011-04-06T08:08:00.006-06:002011-04-11T18:22:20.748-06:00"Where It All Began" Algonac, MichiganI have just registered for this boat show. I'm taking my beautiful lady on another long trip. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8C28Hw-rUbzVb9xxumcHKfKYTA0pVsr-Py8XI6TSQpHLnQmSn1TmU7V7kPkQaW6fVQO5CUFF3vb4W8y5eH4qI85l00Hb25NxinzaDkl5onIedwEbdS7qWwgeK4MTONe0WEtsvc5Co-P3H/s1600/100_1156.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592474482353006626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8C28Hw-rUbzVb9xxumcHKfKYTA0pVsr-Py8XI6TSQpHLnQmSn1TmU7V7kPkQaW6fVQO5CUFF3vb4W8y5eH4qI85l00Hb25NxinzaDkl5onIedwEbdS7qWwgeK4MTONe0WEtsvc5Co-P3H/s400/100_1156.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> <br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mwStCGLwxeXq51DU9-D8jW8wCCoOO17EMosM7UYRdtfd12F6uYJ-bQzdpGewzlHmfJy-x2pTIcqFMC3qKQgkJE3-DBIixFW_UXVJWnojxuUOx_Y0t2GIbq3B3u78cmddZRTGju_y2I3Q/s1600/100_1189.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592473833218199378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mwStCGLwxeXq51DU9-D8jW8wCCoOO17EMosM7UYRdtfd12F6uYJ-bQzdpGewzlHmfJy-x2pTIcqFMC3qKQgkJE3-DBIixFW_UXVJWnojxuUOx_Y0t2GIbq3B3u78cmddZRTGju_y2I3Q/s400/100_1189.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> This is in the 4th week of June. After that there are two more planned to Tahoe again in August and Priest Lake, Idaho in September. Who wants to come with me? <br />
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Hee Hee<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hemmingsdigital.com/hemmings/201009?pg=58#pg58">http://www.hemmingsdigital.com/hemmings/201009?pg=58#pg58</a>OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-48340886857533064212010-10-10T21:23:00.003-06:002010-10-10T21:32:15.095-06:00My Last Purchase<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirafMO-LYPhA9sPY-MPsrlS5jlDgQAQuDQ8GmLIoLeK0Iv9KcQ6BqNlwYs3Cc4CSzTEzfjfV6y9MBVvEWP5I9X5hqMpkL7pKIs5SjXvSjPcXT6b8xNfupdiWLDK56JccmXpvXHQcDL_EFH/s1600/!B35b0iQ!2k~%24(KGrHqUOKn!E)6ommGUSBMn45jOdwg~~_12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526624127789706130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirafMO-LYPhA9sPY-MPsrlS5jlDgQAQuDQ8GmLIoLeK0Iv9KcQ6BqNlwYs3Cc4CSzTEzfjfV6y9MBVvEWP5I9X5hqMpkL7pKIs5SjXvSjPcXT6b8xNfupdiWLDK56JccmXpvXHQcDL_EFH/s400/!B35b0iQ!2k~%24(KGrHqUOKn!E)6ommGUSBMn45jOdwg~~_12.jpg" /></a> I found this on E-bay and bid on it. It is a very rare 1959 Century 19 foot Resorter. The "Carrier Deck" front deck makes it VERY rare. I drove up to Seattle area on Friday, spent the night with Norm and Marge Nelson, then picked up the boat on Saturday morning. I was home by 1 AM Sunday morning.<br /><br />Now who wants me to restore this boat for them????? Or buy it?OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-72031333562961025972010-09-03T07:09:00.006-06:002010-09-03T21:45:28.521-06:00McMinnville, Oregon...Spruce GooseHere are some pictures of Howard Hughes' wooden troop carrying flying boat that he built from 1944 to 1947. This plane flew just 8 months after my boat was delivered to my home town. For more, GOOGLE Spruce Goose. It could carry 750 fully equipped troops.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEyxEv0iOwGnq4nknij3DcjHmqZ3rHJ2qACP37sMwUCqhLphJ3ddo2K2P1PDACRsV4hZZHMF6hlLi7hSkR6lIBMRYJfdsb2YlPIuj1g6r0uvKeqxH_9N2nPau2IE_Fuxh32pj0UDH07FE/s1600/100_3539.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512676759778169618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEyxEv0iOwGnq4nknij3DcjHmqZ3rHJ2qACP37sMwUCqhLphJ3ddo2K2P1PDACRsV4hZZHMF6hlLi7hSkR6lIBMRYJfdsb2YlPIuj1g6r0uvKeqxH_9N2nPau2IE_Fuxh32pj0UDH07FE/s400/100_3539.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVOXV7ZwPyUM4tQC3JS8gJpmQ4KThDUjZUNCAI63h9nkMu4gOkSIxMlMFB4mXPRZzqgsGZ1lb5zHeLPyMzNVWvX2z-qbcWNe8vrlg_eUocE78GOKEWZB9uDsYnDXDuhI7uuca1Np9L4AC/s1600/100_3541.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512675086620682434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYIk6ULjRC0E0l81jB5W10u0o5WcQDv0hPLDJBEAYWcCPYnnq2g8KIhIqyMUkzzzxPRo9BUPX1dVxcQjIoNDtRF54cGrdp61wg-RC6Xa1BgcMgmLizbnzr7Z9grykjeHtQUJaFkLn4x4R/s400/100_3596.JPG" /></a> These last two are models of the construction out of birch plywood. The skin is about an eighth of an inch thick, made of 9 plies of very thin birch layers. The wing span is 20 feet longer than a football field. It is made of 95% wood. A man can walk upright in the wings, and thus service the engines while the plane was flying.<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-52181092000080849742010-08-23T19:10:00.005-06:002011-04-06T08:03:15.666-06:00Toledo, Oregon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqSkBiTaTkqW5RUPYkQ-PDUStUUlg9i6v_epAj01mdD0lNYxcCqqdiyO4HIpNUmymV-kL4VSUT9p0wLE4KbyrgfBm-5_-AMCCDSRQfY1kW9SkSbYP9eev777WFltWBLws7BjyNNakKyOl/s1600/100_3524.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508779505893713410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqSkBiTaTkqW5RUPYkQ-PDUStUUlg9i6v_epAj01mdD0lNYxcCqqdiyO4HIpNUmymV-kL4VSUT9p0wLE4KbyrgfBm-5_-AMCCDSRQfY1kW9SkSbYP9eev777WFltWBLws7BjyNNakKyOl/s400/100_3524.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerBMaaDkJ98_JMQ9ORRf_npnGv4CPKrzD5ya90FdUW3TEow25uDl9KSYkJke_Y2LOmJsF-izDAdIfuArDEpzJgxo4HTHmoQbutak4AAp8xSaRKKBetA2UZ_QvE6zhbpdWWmfq3_v39-w0/s1600/100_3513.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508778660773896738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYyyQ0hc2m1dPRTnL3U8DZi0z4-CUIeHD9iheQAYEKZ-GvEYYXyUFjBkzIcc3vqNGIdu3RkTnlcSEXvwT5GBU3aQIWgjBOPbwz-CPsjuOIGdHJOEpRbI-59DHYl7xssb4BH3uM8_Zn72Q/s400/100_3516.JPG" /></a> This is my boat, The Other Woman. ^^^ <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ1NKYUywke4YKlHLGxTMd0iJgKB5xUldwEyFY2cwiOowo8GPNpTOd66I7Nbx89yRxhb6bGHyDIqn51cVjf5ORqcmXe0_xaisrh86YdT_fwce84wPo2IMT3cOdp1lUuOsE7cXRE6vzLLq/s1600/100_3536.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508778655278761202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZ1NKYUywke4YKlHLGxTMd0iJgKB5xUldwEyFY2cwiOowo8GPNpTOd66I7Nbx89yRxhb6bGHyDIqn51cVjf5ORqcmXe0_xaisrh86YdT_fwce84wPo2IMT3cOdp1lUuOsE7cXRE6vzLLq/s400/100_3536.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGY_-FteKreykbIO6EVedo9io328wAr-k1tyEypquss_NF43DWi4FRsDILuvn6_JU4CEVi_K02dWYy_tI1NWwJfq830_XT162XuB9980e8C6337TdkdOaw2ATC7UjUHpXShee_MdWroNR/s1600/100_3518.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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Mine was the only varnished mahogany boat there. <br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329864890119596427.post-88104405891411206302010-08-23T08:22:00.002-06:002010-08-23T08:25:49.370-06:00On the Way HomeStopped and spent the night in McMinnville, Oregon. I will go through the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum today. That is where the Spruce Goose is now located. Pictures later.OldBoatGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010143911610869224noreply@blogger.com0