We live at the lake full time( a life long dream for us) so the boat sits on a lift at our dock. A three minute walk!
We live at the lake full time( a life long dream for us) so the boat sits on a lift at our dock. A three minute walk!
11 mile drive, 18 minutes drive time from home to the launch. Once we launch, one of our typical play areas is about 5 to 10 minutes via boat. The other requires that we cruise through like 25 minutes of no wake zone to get there. We have a friend that we sometimes go out with that lives on a houseboat in the no wake zone, so if he is coming along we pick him up off the water.
"getting ready" involves:
- take off boat cover if necessary (me)
- unhook float chargers from batteries (me)
- Take 4 boards out of garage and put in boat (me)
- Pack cooler with snacks/beverages (wife)
- Pack bag with towels and dry snacks (wife)
- Grab parking pass off the fridge (wife)
- Hitch up the truck (me)
- remove wheel chocks (wife)
If we're going multiple days in a row, we might leave the truck hitched up to the trailer.
There's other launches on the river that are farther away. There's a smaller lake about 30 minutes away. There's a few more that are 45 to 60+ minutes away.
We haven't done any lakes yet, just have been riding on the Columbia River. We kinda like the idea of a quick drive there/home and can usually have enough fun on the river. We have some amazing lakes in Central Oregon that are a few hours away for weekend trips...
45 to the closest, up to 2 hours If I want nice glass.
We live across the street from the lake. My in-laws live on the lake 2 houses down from us. We keep all our toys there. Not a bad deal.
I'm pretty lucky. GF usually gets home before me and has the cover off, carpet vacuumed, charger unhooked, cooler iced up and everything else ready. I leave the truck hooked up about 90% of the time so it's usually just throw a suit on and go....Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
Not bad. We both get off work at 4pm and it's about 15 minutes from work to home. If I really wanted, I could prep some of that stuff and shorten our lead time. It hasn't been a huge deal thus far as our 3rd is typically not ready as soon as we could be.Quote:
Originally Posted by wotan2525
"Our" truck is really *her* truck. So, to have it hitched up ahead of time means that she isn't driving her vehicle. I have a Jeep, BMW, Audi and Motorcycle for myself, so giving her the Audi to drive is no biggie; but she likes to driver her own truck, so I indulge her most the time. Hey, I have to be nice to the tow rig owner, right???
700 meters from driveway to boat launch. About a 2 minute drive.
I hate every one of you that is closer than my 15 minute drive.
:p
I think my friend Vince has one of the best though... He lives in a house boat (rented) on the Columbia River. He walks about 15 feet out his sliding glass door and his boat is tied to the deck of his houseboat. (although he does have the "downside" of having to idle at 5mph for 10 minutes until he's out of the no wake zone).
O bumber, have to be on the water to get to the play area.. I would live to have a commute to work that I can choose the boat or the car in the morning.