Some good friends of ours invited us up to their new property on Kerr Lake for a little party. We took the pontoon boat from the marina over to their location. After the gathering at their place, we cruised back to the houseboat in total darkness (around 9p), navigating on instrument only. Nice night time cruise! Once we got to the houseboat, I got a couple of photos of the new LED lighting I installed earlier in the week. Here's a few pics...
Today turned out to be more work than expected...
- I worked on the retractable front awning to install a method to secure it when deployed. We were afraid to leave it out when we hop on the pontoon boat to head up the lake or when on the fishing boat, as storms come up quickly and totally destroyed it on July 4th of 2023. After fitting and installing a new awning, we were constantly cranking it in and out. After a bit of thought, I installed a set of quick release restraints to secure it when deployed. The prototype worked well, so I finalized it today.
- The cheap decorative lighting I installed 2 years ago had begun to fail. I got some rolls of LED self-adhesive lighting and replaced it. I got all of the wiring and lighting completed, except for the pirt side of the houseboat. I'll finish that when I return.
- One of the security cams had developed an issue, so I worked on that. Turned out to be an intermittant power cable, easy fix.
- I discovered a little rust on one of the deflectors over the side bedroom transom window. I cleaned adhesive and prepped it for paint when I return.
- The external north side of the house always grows mildew when we move into fall, as it receives no sun. I washed / scrubbed that today, and it came clean fairly easily.
- I finished all I could, covered the pontoon boat, and headed home.
Rode up to the Houseboat today, just to get away from work and relax a bit. Took a run up to Jaws Beach and hung out with friends a while, came back to the houseboat and cooked on the grill, watched a movie, and crashed. A nice, relaxing day. Rain sat in on Saturday night, so we got up Sunday morning and went home.
We ran up to the houseboat to check on things and go for a ride on the pontoon boat. Temps are getting cooler, but still very nice outside.
My oldest son Chris and 9 year old grandson Desmond were in town from Indiana. We loaded up and took them to the lake. They had not seen the houseboat or the pontoon. We rode the pontoon boat over to spend part of the day at Jaws Beach. We had a great day on the water, and Desmond was exhausted by the day's end. Here's a few pics...
We went to the lake and hung out, did a bunch of riding on the pontoon boat, played on the beach, and grilled out with some great friends! Here's a few pics...
