"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Met Don White today - very nice guy and fun to talk to.

Pretty snazzy truck too.

Well, the fleet is now down to one - the Ranger. Anybody want to buy
that as long as I'm in the mood? :)

Sorry to see the Princecraft go, but I'm sure Don and his Springer
will enjoy the heck out of it.

snip...

Well..finally made it home at 0130 hrs this morning very tired. (trip
started at 0645 ADT yesterday) After entering Nova Scotia, I had stopped &
parked with the big rigs at the Cobequid Pass compound to get a few zzzzs
before completing the last leg of the trip. No way...on one side the big
rigs were accelerating away from the toll booth and on the other ..right
beside me, the big rigs were flying in using their 'jake break' to slow down
for the booths.

Finally as I pulled up home I could hear the dog barking...he knows the
truck.
Since it was street sweeping night...and garbage day, our narrow city
street was pretty well full. I had to park my rig and move the mini-van out
of the driveway so the Ranger and Princecraft could be tucked in for the
night.
Room was so tight I had to unhook the trailer and manouver it by hand. Next
thing the wife is down in her nightdress... saying "I knew you were going to
pull that" ..refering to me coming home at a late hour rather than putting
up somewhere. (then why did she block the driveway..? women!)

As for the trip...it was long. Tom flew up the I95 and he was aproaching
Bangor, Maine (meeting point as per Plan B) while I was still outside Saint
John, New Brunswick. He decided to work his way up the old Hwy 9 to the
original Plan A location at Beddington. This added a bit to his travel (we
wanted him well rested for his therapy this am) but shaved at least 45
minutes off my driving time. I caught him napping at a roadside 'rest area'
in that desolate area (supposidly 29 residents but no one around) After
meeting the big guy we had to get right down to business with all the
little details and familiarization.
No pictures for the newsgroup...after eyeing Tom up, I figured I'd look
short & stout standing next to him.
Tom certainly does look like the outdoors type, big & sturdy... you might
even mistake him for a trucker from a distance.
Wished we had more time to just kick around. It would have been interesting
to go out for an afternoon 'sail'. (would have pried him for first hand
insight on the Vietnam action.... always interesting because I was of age
then....turned 18 in August 1967)
Maybe another time...thanks for you interest in me getting home safely Tom..
appreciated your calls.(I get sleepy on long drives).

And yes... Bronson and I plan on getting lots of use from that boat. Even
the wife looked it over this morning and said it looks bigger than she
thought it would.
I may be installing that second comfy seat soon.
(I'll send you a direct e-mail re keys and any manuals you might have
kicking around)