Show us what you see!!!

[2kwik4u]

Took the boat out for only the second time this year. I still don't have current registration, but I couldn't stand it sitting on the trailer in the garage any longer. Wife and I had "date night" Saturday night on Lake Erie.

Here's the sunset from about 2mi out into the lake. We weren't super adventurous.



Here's one looking the other way back at the Buffalo Skyline!


Just checked the GPS coordinates on the picture. Guess we were further out there than I thought!

 

[jthackman]

nice view.
that lake is surprisingly shallow, avg around 70'...around 30ish where you're anchored? water temp?
looks like it'd be cool to explore the niagra river or buffalo river by boat...not sure how far that is from where you put in.

saw 'deep' water for the first time in my boat on our michigan trip. cruising torch lake a couple hundred ft off shore wot in 8' to 13' of water chasing the boat's shadow, turn in to the interior and you're over 300' in no time.
not sure how deep our transducers will read, but pretty sure i saw 420's in east grand traverse bay.

 

[2kwik4u]

nice view.
that lake is surprisingly shallow, avg around 70'...around 30ish where you're anchored? water temp?
looks like it'd be cool to explore the niagra river or buffalo river by boat...not sure how far that is from where you put in.

saw 'deep' water for the first time in my boat on our michigan trip. cruising torch lake a couple hundred ft off shore wot in 8' to 13' of water chasing the boat's shadow, turn in to the interior and you're over 300' in no time.
not sure how deep our transducers will read, but pretty sure i saw 420's in east grand traverse bay.

No idea on depth. I don't have a transducer on my boat. Not anchored either, just floating. Nothing nearby to run into, super light winds, so we just let it drift. Water temp was around 72deg. Not warm enough to float and sit in for very long, but nice enough to stick our feet in. Boys would've been in it had they been with us.

We've been under the peace bridge and started to head up the east side of the Niagra, but didn't get far. Our boat is small and light and the current there is strong and tends to make the water super choppy. If we continue to be Lake Erie boaters we need something heavier/longer to get more time on the water.

 

[John McLaughlin]

The Captain and his crew

 

[zipper]

Shish kabob Monday. A beach day.

 

[Coult45]

I knew a guy like that. He went to the doctor, got a very painful shot, and it cleared up. Your way seems less painful

You "knew a guy" who had that issue...yeah...some other guy...

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Got 4.5 summers out of the stock Carlisles. After watching the uneven wear, cupping, and bouncing, this put me over the edge.

Looks like that was the spare?

 

[drewkaree]

You "knew a guy" who had that issue...yeah...some other guy...

It was college

 

[2kwik4u]

Got stopped at the bridge in Port Colborne yesterday. Always weird to see such a GIANT ship (and this one's not even that big) going this close to structures and such. So weird.

 

[zipper]

Picking pole beans this morning, before the 95 deg heat today.

 

[gthorson]

A fresh set of eyes, always finds more beans.

 

[I_squared_r]

How's Summer in the states? I'm still alive here in Colombia. I'm missing boat life and thinking about someday going back to the states. It's been a crazy few months. I was doing adventure motorcycles for a short time until I injured my back and did back surgery here. So that's over with for the next year. Sold my Himalayan 450. I would like to get a CFmoto MT450 in 1 year. And now we have a french bulldog. haha I'm back to ripping up mountain roads in the mustang so I have brembo brakes on the way. Maybe get to the track sometime this year. I'm starting to realize that I'm riding the borderline of being adventurous, or absolutely nuts lol photo dump of the last few months

 

[John McLaughlin]

t's been a crazy few months. I was doing adventure motorcycles for a short time until I injured my back and did back surgery here.

Sorry to hear about your back now I know why you have not been posting. glad to see you back

 

[Murf'n'surf]

How's Summer in the states? I'm still alive here in Colombia. I'm missing boat life and thinking about someday going back to the states. It's been a crazy few months. I was doing adventure motorcycles for a short time until I injured my back and did back surgery here. So that's over with for the next year. Sold my Himalayan 450. I would like to get a CFmoto MT450 in 1 year. And now we have a french bulldog. haha I'm back to ripping up mountain roads in the mustang so I have brembo brakes on the way. Maybe get to the track sometime this year. I'm starting to realize that I'm riding the borderline of being adventurous, or absolutely nuts lol photo dump of the last few months

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Can you clarify what you were riding when this back injury occurred?

 

[I_squared_r]

Sorry to hear about your back now I know why you have not been posting. glad to see you back

I've had back pains for like 6 years. I was ignoring the pain, sometimes good, sometimes bad. I went to do a offroad course and had a pop when trying to pick up my bike. The next weekend I was riding in a group with my gf on the back. We did a hill climb with loose dirt. Lost traction half way up, put my foot down, and then my whole leg locked up with 10/10 pain. The group picked me up off the bike and 1 of the guys went for his Suzuki Jimny to get into the trail and bring me to the hospital. About 2 hours waiting with that pain. Laying in ants and cow shit, I couldn't move. Herniated disk pushing on my S1 nerve. They did a microdisectomy that removes the part of the disk pushing on my nerve. The nerve is just about healed now 7 weeks post op, but I still have lower back pain. But at least I can walk.

edit: my insurance fought with me here because I bought the policy the previous month. The public insurance covered me, but the wait times and surgeons are questionable. So I paid $6200 for the surgery.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

I've had back pains for like 6 years. I was ignoring the pain, sometimes good, sometimes bad. I went to do a offroad course and had a pop when trying to pick up my bike. The next weekend I was riding in a group with my gf on the back. We did a hill climb with loose dirt. Lost traction half way up, put my foot down, and then my whole leg locked up with 10/10 pain. The group picked me up off the bike and 1 of the guys went for his Suzuki Jimny to get into the trail and bring me to the hospital. About 2 hours waiting with that pain. Laying in ants and cow shit, I couldn't move. Herniated disk pushing on my S1 nerve. They did a microdisectomy that removes the part of the disk pushing on my nerve. The nerve is just about healed now 7 weeks post op, but I still have lower back pain. But at least I can walk.

edit: my insurance fought with me here because I bought the policy the previous month. The public insurance covered me, but the wait times and surgeons are questionable. So I paid $6200 for the surgery.

Wow..sorry to hear.

That surgery would have been $160,000 in the USA.

 

[zipper]

 

[Thermobrett]

A post storm photo from the front door last night.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Sandhill Cranes … huge birds

 

[Babin Farms]

Got this put up to keep the boat out of the sun & weather.

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The boat obviously stayed dry while under roof but when I uncovered it yesterday it was as clean as when I put it away. Money well spent as far as I’m concerned.