JUST SOME SUMMER PICS OF BOATING AND  DAY TRIPS NOT ON A BIKE!


JULY 15.09


...BOAT TIME..ITS TOO HOT HERE, AND WE ARE SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFULL LAKES..SOOOO....FOUND ME A OLD BOAT IN QUESNEL
! SAME BOAT ALMOST AS THE NEW ONE I BOUGHT IN 1992! THE ONLY DIFF IS THIS IS A 16', IT WAS 17'5, EXACT SAME  COLORS, ETC..
 

SINCE WE HAVE THIS FANTASTIC SUMMER IN KAMLOOPS, AND SO FAR IT HAS HIT 30+ NEARLY EVERY DAY SINCE MAY. (and normally will till sept if  it goes as normal)..
AND SINCE WE ARE SUROUNDED BY TONS OF LAKES...
(and especially since this was a deal with some fixing  involved..) :)
THIS IS WAY  COOLER FOR NOW...

I NEED THIS SEMI JUST TO PULL THIS  SHIP!!
HEY..THESE TRUCKS ARE WORTHLESS OUT HERE..THE GUY ALMOST GAVE IT TO ME!!


KAMLOOPS LAKE, ON THE WEST END OF TOWN..30KM LONG..HOT!!
THIS WAS TAKEN AT +35 ...NICE!!

THE CAPTAIN LIKES HER BOAT!!


THIS IS DESERT ..HOT AND DRY!!
 

AND...


30 KM EAST AND HIGHER WE ARE IN THE SHUHSWAP LAKES  AND  THE GREEN FOREST!


 

HEADING UP THE THOMPSON RIVER FROM LITTLE SHUSWAP TO THE BIG SHUSWAP LAKES!
THIS RIVER HAS A BOAT LAUNCH 2 MILES FROM MY HOUSE...JUST DECIDING WHICH LAKE TO GO TO..HMMMM..:)
 
 


This is the same boat as i bought new back in 92..almost exactly cept this is a foot smaller model  and less power..MUCH LESS...:)  

VERY NICE SHAPE FOR ITS AGE CEPT THE STRIPES ON THE HULL ARE RATTY...WILL GET SOME NEW ONES....

and..looKit across the street.!!!.Terrible Tom has the same boat only 2 yrs newer with diff  paint scheme...what are the odds eh??
SO NO MORE BIKE PICS TILL IT GETS UNDER 30C!


JULY 20

   WE GO FOR A RUN ON THE S. THOMPSON RIVER..THIS IS A MILE FROM MY HOUSE, AND ONCE ON IT  I FIND ITS  BIG ENOUGH TO PLAY!!

YANKING KK AND PAUL AROUND ON THE TUBE..LOOKING EAST .

 
 

THIS IS EVEN BETTER THAN THE BIKE WHEN ITS THIS HOT!!

2 WEEKS OF +35-36 SO FAR.I LOVE IT!!
WHATS A BIKE??
NOT GETTING ON ONE TILL IT GETS BELOW 30! AND NOT TOUCHING THE VFR TILL CALE AND I HEAD SOUTH FOR OUR TRIP  AT END OF AUG.



JULY 26


DI AND I  OUT ON THE RIVER FOR THE AFTERNOON...+38 AND LOVIN IT!!


THIS IS DOWNTOWN WHERE THE N AND S THOMPSON MEET..LARGE WATER!




HEADING EAST FROM UPTOWN








BREAK TIME!




more play!





AUG 7
WE SPEND THE DAY ON NICOLA LAKE, SOUTH OF KAMLOOPS. ANOTHER DESERT LAKE AND ITS HOT!!




 

THE PROVINCIAL CAMPGROUND ON NICOLA L







NICOLA L, MERRIT END



QUITING TIME! ANOTHER GREAT DAY!









MIND YOU WE HAD A COLD SNAP WHERE IT GOT UNDER +30 FOR  A FEW DAYS, SO NO BOATING AS TOO COLD!!!

DID SOME BIKING..:)



ANOTHER DAY ON THE THOMPSON RIVER WITH THE GANG, AUG 8..+38, PERFECT!


PEELED THE UGLY STRIPES OFF THE BOAT...

ALONG THE S THOMPSON RIVER ABOUT A MILE EAST OF KAMLOOPS
, VERY NICE!


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