We bought a boat a couple of years ago, just a little Bayliner to go to the lake and have "family time". The weekend after we bought it we decide to take it up to Horsetooth in Fort Collins for our first trip out, we buy life vests, a new tube to pull the kids around with, pack snacks, lunch, etc.. We leave at like 7:00 a.m. and get up to Fort Collins, so far so good. Well Brian opens his door and hears this sssssshhhhhhhhh sound. What the hell? Ok, so tire on the boat trailer is completely going flat, like as fast as it possibly can, we watch it sit on the ground comfortably right before our very eyes. So we pull out the "spare"(seriously spare what... spare piece of junk that we haul around for no reason). Sorry! Anyway, the spare, well it's of course flat too. So we try to take off the trailer tire to take into town to get fixed because it actually looks better than the spare and ummm, no lugnut wrench we have will even slightly come close to getting the lugnuts off. So we unhook the trailer from the truck and head into town and find good ole' Walmart. We buy a lugnut wrench, drive back up and get the tire off and go back into town to get the tire fixed. Yah, it's 11:00 and we are ready to put this baby in the water.
Well, we hook the trailer back up to the truck with the help of our children and head over to the boat ramp. We patiently wait our turn and start to back up to the water on the loading dock. Ummm, problem... the boat was heading there on it's own. Apparently, when we hooked the trailer back up to the truck, well I don't really know what happened but can only assume it wasn't hooked up correctly. The boat continued down the boat ramp, I can only describe it like the boat was popping a wheelie off the trailer heading down the ramp towards the water. The pressure caused the trailer to pop it's own wheelie causing a beautiful scrape and indentation into the back of Brian's truck. So I jump out, Brian jumps out and our kids are screaming because seriously... this isn't normal, no matter what you say.
These very helpful college guys (with nice physiques) are nearby and rush to our aid. They help us pull the boat back onto the trailer and help push the trailer back onto the hitch (yes more scraping occurs). We get it back on, I have no idea how we got it back on, but we did. I'm sure these nice college boys had much to talk (replace talk with laugh) about the rest of the day. You're welcome.
So we drive away, slightly freaking out and Brian pulls over. He is determined to put this thing into the water. The kids are begging not to, but I am his wife and I will support whatever decision he makes. So we get out and have a "parent pow-wow" and decide that we will try this again, make sure that we will NOT make the same mistake twice. Into the water it goes, round 2. We get it in and we enjoy a nice 2-3 hours on the water with a little picnic, and start prepping ourselves for the loading back up without freaking the kids out. We do it without issue and head back home. I remember that night, Brian saying how much he appreciated me not making him feel worse about what he already felt bad about. He may not feel that way now, since I am telling everyone our boat story.
We haven't had the boat out since!!! The kids have NEVER asked to take the boat out again. We talk about it, but never make the leap. Until now...
We are going to Lake McConaughy on July 17 for the weekend. We are really excited because we are going with my parents, my siblings, and step-siblings and all of their families. The kids will have a blast. We need a boat! We have a boat! I called and begged my dad to help us get the boat ready so we don't have National Lampoons (everyone is disappointed) Boat Day, Part 2. We took it out to their house yesterday and he started the process. I love my husband but he is not mechanically inclined so he has no idea how to do this stuff. Thank goodness, my dad does because by the time we left yesterday, the boat was running great and the parts that were damaged sliding down the cement boat ramp have been welded and fixed. We are now working on making it pretty again because it's been sitting for 3 years.
Wish us luck and I'm sure there will be Lake McConaughy Stories to come...
Here are some photos of Brian and Brady learning from Papa/Dad about mechanical stuff!
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