Ho HO HO and and a bottle o'rum..

[bobabode]

My boat fits in an old duffle bag! Old red & black Achilles 9 footer.

[wgrr]

Originally Posted by Charles

I guess I should tell my story about the time my buddy and myself decided to take a trip down the Current, from Big Spring? (been a long time) to the Arkansas line. About 1973.

Long story short, they ain't shit out there, and you need more than three fifths of cheap whiskey and a bag of some lousy pot. A feller does get hungry, and drinking our of the Current ain't exactly drinking water.

I have since revised my definition of going back to nature to include a powerboat and and at least a seedy fishing cabin with a full kitchenette, air conditioning, with a lighted dock.

And a likker store within 20 miles. I learned the hard way.

Chas

Your probably thinking of Mammoth Springs that forms the Spring river. It is in NE Arkansas. Great trout and walleye fishing. I went there last year about this time. The problem is I pass about four places that have better trout fishing on the drive over there. It is one massive spring though.

[d-ray657]

Speaking of pirate ships, I heard a story over the weekend that the Exxon Valdes has recently been sold for scrap.

Regards,

D-Ray

[Wasillaguy]

Originally Posted by bobabode

My boat fits in an old duffle bag! Old red & black Achilles 9 footer.

Is it the 2 person "splash-yak" self-bailer, shaped like a canoe?
I've had one for many years.
Grew up canoeing the Current and Black and Courtois and upper Meramac. Then I moved to California and the rivers are a little too wild for a canoe, so got the Achilles.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

Speaking of pirate ships, I heard a story over the weekend that the Exxon Valdes has recently been sold for scrap.

Regards,

D-Ray

I'd heard that too. But, I couldn't care less about the Valdez.

I've also heard that the USS Constellation is scheduled for scrapping, or already has been, I forget which one. That would be both of my ships---Gone.

Dave

[Wasillaguy]

Actually, it's Valdez, with a Z.
Not that it matters for the ship, but we still have a town up here by that name. If you prefer the slang term, locals call it Val-disease

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Actually, it's Valdez, with a Z.
Not that it matters for the ship, but we still have a town up here by that name. If you prefer the slang term, locals call it Val-disease

Right you are, "Z". Corrected.

[d-ray657]

I don't know all that much about the life cycle of ships, but it sounds like the ship formerly known as the Valdez had about as much wear and tear as Newt Gingrich's wedding vows.

Regards,

D-Ray

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

I don't know all that much about the life cycle of ships, but it sounds like the ship formerly known as the Valdez had about as much wear and tear as Newt Gingrich's wedding vows.

Regards,

D-Ray

And leaked the polluting nature of it's slimey contents in front of the whole world, as he has, as well.

Dave

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I'd heard that too. But, I couldn't care less about the Valdez.

I've also heard that the USS Constellation is scheduled for scrapping, or already has been, I forget which one. That would be both of my ships---Gone.

Dave

You were on both of those ships? That's very cool.

I saw the Connie a couple of summers ago in Bremerton, WA. I want to say she was sitting next to Independence and Ranger?