Last weekend, while Kristina was out using the gift certificate for the spa that Jared got her for her birthday, he found a pontoon boat on Craigslist that was too good of a deal to pass up. He decided it was worth it and drove an hour to go pick it up. However, the weather wasn't really cooperating last weekend, so he had to try it out this weekend.
It was loaded up in the truck from when he got it last weekend, so all we had to do today was hop in the truck and go. We started out by going to a lake near Carnation, WA to try it out. Here we are getting everything out and ready to be inflated.
It came together is no time and it was ready to rock n roll!
Indy had to check it out of course, sniffing every square inch of it to be sure it was safe for her dad!
And here Jared is rowing from the shore to make sure everything checked out ok.
Here's a few shots of lake...
Jared on his way back in for some adjustments...
And away he goes again.
Everything checks out so now he's ready to take on the river.
We went for a drive and tried to find a patch of river that Jared could float. On our second try, we found one...of course Indy had to try it out too.
The pontoon is ready to go on the river. No fishing today, just exploration!
And away he goes. He is going to float down the Tolt River today and meet us where we usually park when we take Indy swimming. Kristina and Indy are going to head there after they see Jared off.
Just like riding a bike...and away he goes. See you soon Jared!
Here's was the most rapids he saw on his float and the was near the end.
This is a shot a shot of Indy's normal swimming hole. You can see that there were lots of people out on the river today. It was warm for the Pacific Northwest, about 83 degrees, and lots of people were swimming and floating down the river.
It took Jared about 90 minutes to float the stretch that he floated today. He said he rowed through the slow sections to try and make it as short as possible. There was an estimate online that said it would take about an hour, so Kristina was a little worried, but not too worried. She was relieved when he finally showed up though! It was a good day!
