Havasu 2-20-2016

[wolfs4evr]

She's eligible to get her learners permit to drive a auto here in the next few weeks. 15 1/2. She has launched the boat 4-5 times before but not in the last year or so. Every time I have asked her to launch it was at a lake/launch that had no one else around. So all alone. All of those times the ramp had a dock on it so she just backed up and waited for me to walk down then drove to me on the dock on my voice commands. The launch ramp at Site 6 on Havasu didn't have a center dock so that was the intimidating part for her. She had to go about a 100 yards to the docks and wait for me. Also a friend met me in the parking lot and walked along the side of the ramp area watching Madi. So she had some oversight within talking distance watching her as I drove around to the parking lot. Also no one else was around boat wise. I wouldn't of asked her to launch otherwise. Blonde and all [crazy]

Sure would be nice if she would launch more often. Just that much more simpler of a evolution over digging out the ropes, etc. Mead is a pain since all of the ramps are 8-12 degree ramps for 100s of yards. I have to put the truck in past the rear wheels to get the boat off. Typically I get the bottom of my shoes wet just getting out of the truck. Up to my knees in water at the back of the truck. Summer, who cares. Winter... Not into shorts and flip flops in 30-40 degree weather. So if the dock is full (pretty much all the ramps on Mead/Mohave have 6+ lanes) I have to wait until a lane opens up next to the dock to launch/recover to stay dry.

Tom
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