It's hotter than hell down here, but it's not raining every day... I understand it's raining again in KC today - unbelievable. I just looked - our usual lake in KS is now 10' above normal. That's a lot, when your lake is just a flooded pasture.
It was a memorable drive down - shredded a front tire on the truck not long into the trip and had a hard time getting it changed. Made the rest of the trip on a 14 year old spare. Sat through a sobriety checkpoint west of Nevada, MO and angered a cop when I crushed his safety cone with my trailer. I told him it wouldn't be the last one if he didn't get his damned cones out of the middle of the highway.
Between all that, the t-storms (of course) on our way out of town, and stopping along the way, we launched the boat at... midnight!
We can't use the ramp at the place where we slip, but several miles up the lake. So one of my boys and I made the trip from there to the slip by the light of the moon on perfect glass. It was a trip I hope I'll never forget.Father's Day had us out on the lake all day, most of it in Arkansas. Just floated around in the shade of the boat, thinking, "this is why I do it." Then in to town for Pizza World and Andy's Custard. Can't beat that! Today will be the obligatory trip to the outlet malls...