Captain's Blog: 17 & 18 July 2010 (Voayage #21)

Well it's been longer than we wanted it to be between voyages, but this economy hasn't been kind.  We still couldn't really afford it, but our sanity required it.  So we decided no matter what, we would use a little cash and take our boat out this weekend.  We started early on Saturday morning.  Headed up towards our new favorite beach.  The first thing we saw was a large Blue Heron.  We were able to get about 10' before he took flight.  I never stop being in awe of these magnificent creatures!

Once we reached the beach we set up for morning breakfast with the grill and beach chairs.  I really love breakfast on the river in the morning with Deb.  There is no-one out there that early, and it reminds me of our time on Lake Otsego in New York, were my parents had a cabin on the lake.  We use to get up in the morning and sit on the beach and watch the day begin.  That is until a mud slide wiped it out.  We use to just have our memories, but now we have the Merrimack River and our little beach area.  It is as close as I can imagine getting without owning property on the river myself. After breakfast and a relaxing morning, we decided to go for a cruise up river.  We went as far as the Nashua ramp and drifted there for quite a while, before heading back southward.  Surprisingly few boats for as nice as it was out.  It was a bit on the breezy side, but it felt nice.  It was starting to get a bit on the hot side, so we decided to kick back at the beach.  We set-up our grill and chairs again, and cooked a bit of lunch.  Then decided to go for a nice cool swim.  The water was great, nice and warm with bits of cooler pockets every now and again.  All in all it was a great day.  We didn't use all the gas and so decided to repeat it all on Sunday!  It was a great weekend!

I do have one side note.  Actually it is more of a pet peeve.  At the ramp in Lowell, it never fails that towards the end of the day, when we are trying to take the boat out, there are 4 or 5 jet skiers and a boat or two tied up around the dock.  Who are these people who think the public ramp is there private dock, and launch platform for their jet ski?  They have no care for anyone but themselves.  The police should take a ride at least once a day on the weekend and ticket these   %#)@)(*)($(_!-    PEOPLE.  Whoo, I feel better now. 

See you on the river!