Lake Norman - I heard some guys are dropping by

I realize this is late posting but I wanted to say a BIG thanks to Reid & Laurie for turning over Pinkham Point to the small Army of CCFan's and their boats for the weekend. Y'all that didn't make it missed a good one. I got there Thursday afternoon and still didn't have enough time to do all I wanted and visit with the CCFans I already know and those I met for the first time. Guess thats why I try to attend a few of these mini's cause as it's the Fan's themselves that make these things so great and the CC's are just icing on the cake.
Also I wanna thank Steve Watkins for bringing the Chicken so we could throw it on the smoker and Ruck for grilling the Pork and making the best Red Beans and Rice EVER! Those that brought the other fixin's and stuff thanks to you too it was all fantastic. If CCFans went hungry it's their own fault as food was in abundance.

I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted as I spent allot of time pulling guys and half of Sat catching up with an old college friend of mine whom I hadn't seen in 25 years who lives in Charlotte who made the drive to the event to see her old friend.

Great boats, Great skiing, Great friends, Great time! The SJRR 2013 won't get here soon enough so we all can do it again.

Here are some pics that I and Joe's friend Lauren took. She was a trooper as I gave her a 10 sec lesson on how to use it and just start shooting. She did pretty good as you you can see. Thanks Lauren for helping me out as I have a reputation to uphold!

Yes, yes yes gentlemen ..... I've been a little lax on that. Been trying to play catch up round the house since I was gone four days. Trying to catch up on some sleep too, then help the neighbor with the 70 Barracuda he recently acquired. Jbear, Patty and Jo the Tennessee wonderdog stayed at the house last night and John being the good man he is went to Kissimee , picked up and brought up a #2 trailer that the neighbor found on CL to replace the SN2001 trailer the Cuda is sitting on. SOOOOOOooooooooo I will get on it this weekend.

I will say I did take some time to go thru them and weed out some of the bad ones and also that I think we have some CCFAN Calendar Girls from the weekend.

Ok Morfoot, I know you have pics to post, I saw the camera in your hand! So where are they?

JoeinNY wrote: Then we have this pic from Lauren where Adam was testing out the doggy breath spray during the Sunday evening shenanigans.

Kinda forgot about that one...which couldn't have anything to do with the empty beer bottles or cards on the table in front of me. It actually wasn't bad. And with the combination of chili dogs, blonde hooker beer (or whatever that stuff was), and the lemonade/white grape mason jar special I had coursing through my system at the time, the fact that it didn't make me catch on fire I give it 3 out of 4 paws.

In an attempt to open up some picture floodgates I will post the only ones I have from the weekend:

Arrival Day view off the “other” dock:


Looked so good I thought I would put up a tent on it:

Which never quite got slept in…

Then we have this pic from Lauren where Adam was testing out the doggy breath spray during the Sunday evening shenanigans.

Has Tique recooperated yet?

Oh, and if anyone is looking to order me a new G23 for christmas this year save yourself some money and order it without the "autopilot option". Turns out it is just some guy that lives in the storage compartment and comes out to drive when you dont want to do it. Not a bad idea, but if you think gas prices are bad you should see how much it costs to feed this guy.

nothing like the healing touch of an independently non-licensed massage therapist to wipe away a few good faceplants...I highly recommend picking one up

Let's hear more about that skiff thing. Please.

View from one side of the peninsula

And here's the other side

The file size is too large for an email. Email me at keegan@smokinharley dot com and I will hook you up with my drop box account so you can download Great to meet you!

Thanks again to the Pinkhams for hosting another great weekend. Saturday was about as beautiful a day that you could ever hope for in October, and boy did it turn around in a hurry! Great to see some old CCF friends and meet some new ones at the same time.

Not a great video but there are some cool fly bys at the end.

I'm not sure who owns the boat, but I did talk with Pat, Matt and Ryan and the boys did restore that boat over the summer. REALLY great work.

Donald80SN wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Who's great looking Atom is that? Pete, Pat Crusse of Crusse'n Classic's in Mooresville, NC is a wooded boat restorer on Lake Norman. Pat's son's restored this 56 ski atom this summer. The Century ( FRP Hull and wooded Deck is also their boat. Pat is good friends with Reid. Go to www.crussenclassics.com. The build of this 56 Correct Craft is well documented on their Web-Site. FYI, Donald

I've talked with Pat regarding the restoration. I just didn't know that was the 56 of his son's. The last time he called me, the boat wasn't finished.

8122pbrainard wrote: Who's great looking Atom is that?

Pete,

Pat Crusse of Crusse'n Classic's in Mooresville, NC is a wooded boat restorer on Lake Norman. Pat's son's restored this 56 ski atom this summer. The Century ( FRP Hull and wooded Deck is also their boat. Pat is good friends with Reid. Go to www.crussenclassics.com. The build of this 56 Correct Craft is well documented on their Web-Site.

FYI,

Donald