Re: Boating & Your Significant Others
When I was a kid, we had a camp on the river and my parents always had a boat. When I got older, the parents sold the camp, but kept the boat and I took it out every chance I got with my friends. My wife was never a boater until she met me. Over the last few years, I moved away from boating. But I always kept in touch with the used market, knowing I'd have another one day. Last month, I found a neat old boat that needed some restoring. I like neat old stuff and the price was right, so I bought it. I got it running good and got the interior squared away. The wife has been out on it 3 times now.
Last night, we put in a few miles up from the Three Rivers section of Pittsburgh. We floated down to the point, moved down the Ohio a few miles. Turned around and headed back to the point. After the Pitt game in Heinz Field, they launched a nice fireworks display off a barge in the river. We anchored and watched the fireworks over the water. It was pretty neat.
After the fireworks, we headed up the Monongahela river to Station Square. We docked in the marina there and walked up to a nice Italian place for a late dinner. After dinner we made out way back to the ramp to haul the boat out. My wife, who usually hates the fact that I always want to buy bigger and better everything, remarked that I should start looking for a cabin cruiser that we could spend the night on.
It was a great way to spend the evening, and thankfully the wife is now as excited about the hobby as I am. So yes, the significant other enjoys it with me, and I'm glad she does.
RLB, you need to quit asking all these questions and just get a boat already.
