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10-24-2005, 07:05 AM
SHARING.
My wife's Aunt Lois and Uncle Ross came down from Okleehoma to visit for the weekend. My mother-in-laws family grew up poor. I'm talking P-O-O-R. They had five girls and two boys, dirt farmers in Kansas. My mother-in-law is one of the hardest working people I know, and she saves every penny she can.
Anyway, I found out a couple of years ago that Aunt Lois had never been in a boat. So, we drove up to Lake Ft. Gibson with the boat (it's a beautiful lake near Tulsa) and we took her and her husband out riding around. She loved it. Just had the greatest time ever. She hurt her back a year ago, now has to use a walker and never gets out of the house.
So Friday they drove down here to visit my M-I-L, and yesterday afternoon we took 'em out on our big Chapparral bowrider. It was a freekin' beautiful day, 75 degrees, no clouds, no wind. We helped her into the boat at the marina, and headed out to cruise.
The lake was like glass, not another boat around. We just cruised around for two hours, following the shoreline and enjoying the day. The boat rides like a big ol' luxo sedan, and man you should have seen how much fun she was having just riding around.
I'm still in a good mood this morning, just had a great time sharing the fun of boating with those folks and enjoying their reaction to the beauty of the day.
Isn't it great when you can spread the fun around?? :cool: :rollside: :)
EDIT: And just to make it more special, a cold front blew in last night. It's 53 degrees with 35 MPH gusts out of the North :jawdrop: . What a beautiful day of Fall boating.
My wife's Aunt Lois and Uncle Ross came down from Okleehoma to visit for the weekend. My mother-in-laws family grew up poor. I'm talking P-O-O-R. They had five girls and two boys, dirt farmers in Kansas. My mother-in-law is one of the hardest working people I know, and she saves every penny she can.
Anyway, I found out a couple of years ago that Aunt Lois had never been in a boat. So, we drove up to Lake Ft. Gibson with the boat (it's a beautiful lake near Tulsa) and we took her and her husband out riding around. She loved it. Just had the greatest time ever. She hurt her back a year ago, now has to use a walker and never gets out of the house.
So Friday they drove down here to visit my M-I-L, and yesterday afternoon we took 'em out on our big Chapparral bowrider. It was a freekin' beautiful day, 75 degrees, no clouds, no wind. We helped her into the boat at the marina, and headed out to cruise.
The lake was like glass, not another boat around. We just cruised around for two hours, following the shoreline and enjoying the day. The boat rides like a big ol' luxo sedan, and man you should have seen how much fun she was having just riding around.
I'm still in a good mood this morning, just had a great time sharing the fun of boating with those folks and enjoying their reaction to the beauty of the day.
Isn't it great when you can spread the fun around?? :cool: :rollside: :)
EDIT: And just to make it more special, a cold front blew in last night. It's 53 degrees with 35 MPH gusts out of the North :jawdrop: . What a beautiful day of Fall boating.