May
4
Lake Pleasant – Good trip
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Pleasant was great. The boat ran really well. It gave us a little bit of a scare right off the trailer. It wouldn’t start and I think I might have flooded the carburetor a little. It eventually started but not before I started sweating.
After we got going I obsessed over the running temperature. It never got hotter than 165. The engine sounded great as well. No problems.
We didn’t get a beach – there aren’t many at Pleasant. We floated back and forth between a small island and some reef buoys. It was great. We had good friends with us and they own a boat as well. It was nice having a rescue boat in case anything happened. A number of times we started the boat and idled back out into the middle of the water.
I was happy the boat stopped/started so often. I’m starting to gain confidence in it again.
No pictures. I forgot my phone in the suburban. Which is OK. This trip was only about 5 hours and there wasn’t a lot to look at.
The best part of the trip (besides the boat doing so well) was my friends 1 year old son. He got tired about an hour after we got out on the water. His mommy settled him down and I made a quick bed in the bow of the boat. He slept under there for close to an hour. When he woke up he rolled up onto his butt and grinned from ear to ear. It was great. Reminded me of myself when I was younger, finding little spots on family boats to lay down and cover up. Hearing the water and the other boats rumble on the hull of your boat is quite soothing. Great memories.
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Im glad you had a good outing. Sounds like you are ready for Lake Powell!