Monday, May 23, 2011

Dreaming of Kayaks



I'm in the green one.


It's a rental.  I went kayak camping with BCO and except for the rudder that I couldn't use because my legs are too short, I fell in love with this boat.  I want one.  It's got 2 hatches - one in the front and one in the back.  I packed it with all my gear and had plenty of room for more.  

Guess what?  I'm up $1300!  I won it playing blackjack.  I was tempted to play some more, but started thinking about the kayak I wanted.  I came home with the money to buy it.  Woohoo!!!!



  
Someone suggested I rig a pulley system in my garage to raise and lower the kayak so I don't have to lift it onto my car alone.  That sounds like an excellent idea, but I haven't the foggiest idea how to do it.  I'll figure something out.     



8 comments:

Brian Miller said...

oo nice..great job on winning the money..love kayaking...fun fun

sage said...

Wow, look at you. I haven't had a boat in the water since the mid-winter thaw!

Slamdunk said...

Nicely done with the win. The Mrs. wants me to get us a couple of kayaks--fortunately she is eyeing the very calm lakes around here for them.

Michael Manning said...

What a great story! Took me three tries to post for some reason?

Tempo said...

WooHoo! thats the trick to gambling Jen...knowing when to walk away. Im going to have to do a pulley system for my new canoe but Im still building the new shed to hang the pulley system in...one job at a time... You should be able to work out a pulley system with help from Google. the pulleys for mine were less than $20.00 all up, about that much again for rope and fixings and it's done...

grannybunny said...

Good to see you back posting. Congratulations on walking away a winner!

LL Cool Joe said...

Wow well done! Looks like money well spent to me!

Kelly said...

I've always thought it would be fun to kayak. Maybe someday I will.

Congrats on the win!!

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