So, as per the norm, I'm not going to attempt to catch up on all the ins and outs of the past week and a half. There was Halloween in there, a party at Covenant Harbor for families with ties there (games and candy for the kids), school, church, I worked quite a bit more than normal. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but apparently it was enough to throw me out of my normal blogging rhythm!
I don't have any good pictures to offer up. Now that Cyndie has her new computer, she's been taking the pix off the camera and putting them on her computer, so I'm a bit out of the loop. You're going to have to complain to her, or look at her facebook page (I think she put some up there).
The one thing that I will take the time to update on, however, is a pending addition to the Wildwood DeVries family.
We had been waiting to share this until we were more sure.
We're excited, but a little nervous too since we haven't really experienced this for a while.
Announcing a new addition to our family ...
You can call her Sea Ray! We are not official as of yet ... won't be until our money is gone, and the boat is in our driveway, but I'd say we're 80% of the way there. As of right now, the boat (whose home is in Jackson, TN), will arrive sometime next week (still working that detail), and, pending a thorough investigation by a marine surveyor (kind of like a home inspector for boats), we'll complete the deal. We found it on the internet. It's at the high end of our price range, but is literally half the price of other similar boats. So, as boats go, we think this is a great investment, both in the boat, and in the time that we'll gain as a family together on it! This type of boat is called a deck boat, which could be compared to a pontoon boat layout on a ski boat hull. Here are a few more pictures ...
This is inside in the bow seating area (it's under a canvas cover when the picture is taken, so is a little dark. There's bench seating for four adults (probably eight kids) comfortably. You can put a table in there, and can also make it so the whole area is one big, level padded seating area. There's a built in cooler up between the seats, and you can walk off the front easily for swimming.
This is the bathroom ... yes, our boat has a bathroom complete with pump out toilet (like and RV), fresh, running water, vanity, and porthole!
This is the back (called cockpit) seating area. There's TONS of storage under the deck, L-shaped seating. There's a gate out to the rear swim platform (a 2 1/2 foot wide platform from which to jump/swim), a sink with running water, and place to put in a table.
This is the wetbar (or so they call it), with a sink, built in cooler, and room under for a trash can and carry off cooler.
Here's the helm area with wrap around windshield (not all deck boats have that, but we felt in the windy upper midwest that it would be nice to have). There are two captain's chairs. The door to the left is access to the bathroom.
So, there's the exciting news ... we'll take a few more pix when it comes, and share more as it happens! We're going to have to be patient in operations. We'll take a sea test before we complete the purchase, but other than that, we'll likely just get it ready for winter, and then have to wait until next spring!
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