Snohomish River Delta Day Cruise

Mike, it was pretty close to shaving off the tops of our toupees. Maybe three feet above the top of a 22. But Miss Mirth found the answer. They chose a slightly higher bridge just north of the short ones.
Leo, that was a fun and different cruise. Thanks for suggesting it, and promoting it once more. And after that final mile of river running, I'll never doubt you on anything ever again.
DaveS., pretty classy of you to provide maps to all participants, and lead rookies like me to Snohomish. Jeez, I want to do that cruise again tomorrow. By the way, look at today's weather. We snuck in there nicely.
Our group has developed to the point where now we get a slightly different batch of Brats at these gigs, giving us the opportunity to make even more friends. John, Marty and Dotty on Miss Mirth, and Chivita Dave and family, I was very happy you made the trip. You folks are a delightful addition. And Pat and Patti, I worried about you poor dears, wondering if you were warm enough.
Thanks for the fun, all.
:cat
 
About that railroad bridge--I watched 4 boats with nothing on the cabin roof just clear it. Our radar was a foot and a half above the top. We demurred. :oops:
For this Jersey boy it was nice to learn some local lure--like the fact that Snohomish is a Native-American word meaning "antique".
Seriously thiough-the first cruise of the new C-Dory boating season will be hard to beat. :star :star :star :star
 
Hey Marty,
I just thought I ought to share with you what I was considering for "plan B" if "Miss Mirth" and her radar were unable to fit under the bridges..............are you ready for this?...........I figured we could have one person tend to all of the other boats and the rest of us would climb on board "Miss Mirth" and help lower her into the water enough to make clearance.
An additional benefit of doing this would be that Brock and I could have gotten warmed up in your Wallas heated cabin. :wink
Dave S.
 
Naw, all you have to do to get the Miss Mirth under a bridge is run full throttle toward it, then shut it down at the last second. She'll squat right down and shoot underneath. The only tricky part is figuring out when the last second is.
 
Well, I admit, it was touch and go in there with the Wallas - had to keep going out on the cockpit to cool down, even with it set down to about 1! Actually, it was a toasty 70 degrees in the cabin, and we were well supplied with not only coffee but club soda, crackers and cheese, Chex mix, homemade sausage and dried strawberries, so we basically munched our way along the Snohomish and Steamboat Slough! Tough duty!

I second or third everybody's assessment. This was one FUN trip, and I want Leo picking the dates for ALL our gigs from October through March...the contrast in the weather between Sunday and Monday (and between Saturday, which was very windy, and Sunday) was not lost on me. I also agree this has to become and annual event, if not more frequent. Now excuse me, I have to go check the pix - still waiting for Barb's pix of us posing at Snohomish...
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And Pat and Patti, I worried about you poor dears, wondering if you were warm enough.
Thanks for the fun, all.
:cat
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Hey Dave-That sounds like a good answer. I was thinking maybe I should pump water IN TO the cockpit! or of course we could have just shouted "dive, dive" and pulled the plug :wink: but that probably would have doused the Wallas.
 
OK, there are a couple of new photos in the Snohomish River Delta Day Cruise album, courtesy of Patty's sister Barb. There is one with all the boats under the bridge, kind of far away but still a good shot.
 
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