A birthday cruise for Daughter #2 with the company of Daughter #3.

When we bought Our Dash, we were specifically looking for a boat without a lot of teak on it. While beautiful, teak requires a lot of maintenance to keep it looking beautiful. With looping, work, and our family commitments, reducing hours spent on maintenance was on our minds. There is, however, one spot with teak … Continue reading Refreshing the Teak

Woooohooooo!

It was haul out day for the boat. 44 degrees and raining. They loaded her up and drove the scenic way around town to avoid low-hanging wires. That meant going through the Piggly Wiggly parking lot and through a round about. This afternoon, after the storage staff give her a good power wash and put … Continue reading Storage Day

Sunrise in Port Washington this morning.

I love this place.

Now that the bottom is painted, we headed back to the marina. Unfortunately, the batteries did not have enough juice to fire up the engines and there isn't a power pedestal near the ramp. Odd, eh? Fortunately, the previous owner had a 110 to 30 amp converter, so I ran a plain old extention cord … Continue reading 2020 Launch!

Our Dash is out of storage! It'll spend about a week (weather dependent) on the hard having the bottom sanded and painted before we can get her back in the lake.

Our house went on the market. We're downsizing from a house in Wisconsin to a condo in Texas and a boat.

It's been a whirlwind 24 hours. Last night, my family surprised me with an early birthday party. All 4 of the kids, my son-in-law, my grandson, and my in-laws showed up for dinner. It is a rare event nowadays to have us all together at the same time and in the same place. I am … Continue reading Last Cruise of 2019