Well we're home, fed and ready to relax. Had a great maiden voyage, no reported problems. One of the fenders wasn't doing its job so got a bit of a dock scar but should come off easy enough.
Towing with the Jeep Liberty did find, wouldn't want to take it on a major highway trip but for in town use it will do ok until I find a truck. Longer trips I'll be happy towing with the Winnebago.
Launch went great, no problems backing down. Just a tad nervous not knowing how fast it got deep. Pretty shallow but deep enough to launch.
Towed the boys and oldests' GF around in the afternoon, used a single tube and a triple tube and had a blast. Great thing about the Columbia River around here is you can go and go and go for ever it seems.
Finally we decided it was time to head in, docked the boat and got the trailer. Some yahoo (now I know why all the posts about dock etiquette) backs down to launch right where our boat is. Of course there are 3 other bays wide open. I waited for a few and finally gave up and parked in another bay and moved my boat, I was loaded and ready to pull out by the time they launched. Grrr.
Time to go toy shopping, want to find a decent 3 person tube and a second single tube. Looking at Costco.
The boat itself did a great job, had a chance to put it through all the paces, never got WOT as there was just a bit to much wake to feel comfortable, but I did hit 45 on the GPS at one point.
Heading out in the morning to practice launching/retrieving and learning to read the river a bit more without the kids.
