WELL HI ALL HERE WE ARE AGAIN BENT PROPS, WELL ONLY ONE THIS TIME BUT THE WATER WAS LOW AND WE NEED GAS. SO WE HEAD DOWN TO GET SOME AND WE WERE TO CLOSE TO ONE SIDE AND HIT A STOMP IN THE WATER AND BENT A PROP. WE MADE IT TO LOUISIANA CITY TO TWIN RIVERS MARINA GOT IT PULLED OUT PROPS TAKEN OFF AND HERE WE SIT WAITING FOR PROPS TO COME BACK. WE THOUGHT WE WERE ON A SAND BAR BECAUSE WE COULDN'T MOVE SO WE GET OUT ZODIAC DOWN AND MOTOR TO THE GAS PUMP AND NO ONE IS THERE FOR AND OTHER HALF AN HOUR SO BACK TO THE BOAT WE GO AND JERRY SAYS HE CAN PULL IT WITH THIS, SO WE GET BACK I GET OFF AND GIVE HIM A ROPE HE TIES IT TO THE MOTOR OF THE ZODIAC I START UP THE BOAT AND OFF HE GOES PULLING US. NOW THIS LOOKS FUNNY BUT IT WORKED. THEN JERRY AND ROSE GET THE ZODIAC BACK AND HOOKED BACK ON THE BOAT AND HE COMES UP TO DRIVE US TO THE GAS PUMPS MOVING OVER IN THE WATER OF COURSE.
NOW WE ARE 38 INCHES FROM WATER LINE TO THE END OF PROPS SO WE ARE TAKING IT VERY SLOW, OH YEAH AND ARE SONAR IS TELLING US WE ARE IN 10 FT. OF WATER FLASHING CONTUSELY AT THAT. SO DEANNA WENT UP TOP AND CHECKED ON THE ON UP THERE AND IT READS 2.5 FT. SO SHE STAYED UP AND WATCHED AND TOLD ME THE NUMBERS GOING VERY SLOW. GOT GAS AND GOT BACK OUT OF THERE.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE PROPS BACK ON TUESDAY, AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHATS HAPPENING.
SO BYE UNTIL THEN
p.s. FOR OUR NEW FRIENDS THAT WE HAVE MET HERE IS JERRY'S E MAIL ADDRESS
jerryleicht@hotmail.com THAT IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT US IN THE FURTURE
BYE FOR NOW
THE BOAT GANG J-D-R & MIKO
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