Re: lake mead info
THE MORNING AFTER
I was def. pround of myself and crew after accomplishing the fist beaching ---what i have learned for any newbies looking to house boat. (you can do it )but you will need someone to stay on boat once its beached to keep it steady ,especially if its windy,and it ussually it is,they WILL need to know how keep it in place while someone goes ashore to pound the 4-4ft stakes in.it takes a bit of hard work with aan 8pound sledge hammer.heat is a biiiiiig!!!!!!!! factor, wears you out,BUT REMMEMBER THIS-take your time, the person at the helm can hold the boat in place for as long as you need to secure it.the ropes wont snap either,but the stakes can pull.make sure there in good! SOOOO-with our now we can doit attitudes we set off exploring.we head for greggs basin,after going through the narrows we went straight and into along quietcove that ended at a dry riverwash ,beautiful place ,saw eagle waatching us enter and buzzards waiting at the end. we then set out for the top of basin,went as far as sandy point ( marina recommended not to go further and by the lack of civilization we were ok with that )very deserted out there. unsettling at times to realize to get help is a ship to shore radio ,and help will take awile to get to you ,.i was amazed that we had cell sevice in so many areas.daughter was up on that wereas there was a boyfreind at home . way back found an awsme campite at mile marker 38.on way back to h/b we noticed others scoping sites so the chase is on.packed up and took off quick .onother h/b was ahead ,thought it was gonna steal our newly claimed site
how dare they,but we made it
.absolutly perfect place .storming the beach was still a bit of a chore,wind was pushing as i was turning into position so it took a few tries . tying up went well and all was good.made a bbq pit and had steak and taters with sweet baby rays sauce,mmmmm mmmmm good. oooooh, and beer!
. stars that night were incredible ,NEVER saw the milky way that clear ,and even saw a galixy with the telescope. and jay didnt have to burn his shorts ,we found wood ,sat around and cooked dogs over the open fire.oooh ,and beer
.it was about now that we realized that the flyswatter is the most used tool on the boat.wife was becomming a proficient killing machine with the nasty littie device.in the morning the draggon flies came for a feast of flies ,ammazing the numbers of them.only did a little fishing of the back with some leftover steak ,it worked :,catfish love steak ,or sweet baby rays .spent a couple of nights there ,hiked after sundown and swam during day.FRIGGIN HOT!!!
.wanted to spend annother night but needed to gas up, gens been running for a/c .FRIGGIN HOT!!!
. temple marina was much more freindly then calleville .probly from being less bussy .the toilets were a little smelly also ,so they checked them out .seals were gone .gave us some deodorizers to get us by .spend next two nightsback at boulder at sandy cove .
i will post those nights later this week.
hopefuly some of this info will help some future h/boaters .
