The 2010 Hunkydory adventures of Jay & Jo-Lee

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A whole month into retirement. Have made a 17 day trip to see folks in Calif and sight see up the coast to Washington. Most memorable sight was the air museum in Evergreen Washington where the Spruce Goose along with many other aircraft is on display. Upon return, days spent in prep to go north. Then our first grandchild arrived two days ago. Made a trip to Boulder, Colo for that grand event. Returned back home again yesterday and today spare bearing and hub assembly for the boat trailer plus the rental sim card for the Sat phone arrived. Also some minor problems involving grease zerks and power steering solved today so we are finally clear for take off on either Sunday or Monday to head north.

Think its a bit late for PWS so its back to Skagway, Alaska with some Yukon lake exploring later. Am tentatively thinking of PWS in early May next year.

Hope to see Ken in Elfin Cove and maybe (fingers crossed) even Casey and maybe some other C-Brats too.

Jay
 
Jay, since you're from out of state, we are going to cut you some slack... The people at Evergreen Aviation in McMinnville, Oregon would be horrified to learn that the Spruce Goose has moved to Washingtion:-)

I am glad you got to go through the museum. It is really great. My neighbor is one of the docents, and got to assist with putting a ME 262 together last week. I need to go back and spend a day in the aerospace side...
 
Be sure to post lots of pictures so we can go along for the ride too. Oh did you get the PM about the mokai in Salt Lake?
 
We'll all be looking forward to the photos essays and stories from the Hunky Dory!

:thup :thup

Do it the way you always do it!

Best wishes,
Jim
 
Wandering Sagebrush":2cncz8fk said:
Jay, since you're from out of state, we are going to cut you some slack... The people at Evergreen Aviation in McMinnville, Oregon would be horrified to learn that the Spruce Goose has moved to Washingtion:-)

I am glad you got to go through the museum. It is really great. My neighbor is one of the docents, and got to assist with putting a ME 262 together last week. I need to go back and spend a day in the aerospace side...
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Appreciate the slack, cause I sure did mess the location up. My only excuse is with retirement I can chalk it up to just another Senior Moment. After reading so much about Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose it was great to see, but my favorite experience there was being allowed to go aboard and check the interior of the B-17. One of my favorite tv shoes as a youngster was "12 O'clock High" and have read many accounts of its action in WW11, so was a real privilege to climb aboard the real deal.

Jody, just sent you a PM about the Mokai for sale and will tell you here again thanks for the heads up. It was in great shape, so picked it up today for a very good price. This is going to set back our leaving a couple days.

Yes we will be taking lots of photos to share again this trip and Jim we do plan on continuing to explore those isolated nooks just like in the past only this time more in a slow motion mode.

Jay
 
Hunkydory":qspbpe4g said:
After reading so much about Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose it was great to see, but my favorite experience there was being allowed to go aboard and check the interior of the B-17. One of my favorite tv shoes as a youngster was "12 O'clock High" and have read many accounts of its action in WW11, so was a real privilege to climb aboard the real deal.
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Now that you are retired you should not settle for just going aboard the B-17. A couple of years ago my wife gave me a gift of a flight (out of the Seattle Museum of Flight, but they tour the country; see the schedule) on the Liberty Belle. A bit spendy but if you are into this kind of thing, well worth the money!

Warren
 
I guess I missed the first part of this story; are you now a two Mokai family?

Best,
Casey
PS: As mentioned previously, the truck is fixed, and today I plan to complete the load-out, and be back on the road on Monday.

,,,hope to get beyond mile eight this time!

Best,
Casey
 
Jay and Jolee,

Looks like you are making the most of your retirement time. We are looking forward to hearing (and seeing) reports of your trip north.

Best,
Harper
 
Jay and Jolee,

Looks like you are making the most of your retirement time. We are looking forward to hearing (and seeing) reports of your trip north.

Best,
Harper
 
Hey - regarding the Mokai, I think I'm hooked. I see that they are now using a Subaru motor - do you know anything about them as opposed to the Honda?
My wife tells me if we go that way, we would have to get two and not just one! That might be load for a CD22 - maybe we'd have to then get a CD25. Gads, this is adding up.

I think we could these things here in Moab on the Colorado River and go all way downstream to the confluence with the Green River. Sounds like way too much fun to me.....
 
Warren---Thanks for the info on the Liberty Belle. Now you might find this amusing from some of my past tales and exploits. During my time as a Paratrooper I was scared to death of flying. Would much rather jump out of a plane then land in one and not much as changed sense. Now Jo-Lee would jump at the chance and love it also her Dad spent time as a tail gunner and in the ball turret before being shot down. He survived with neck and back injuries.

Casey--Yep you did miss the first part and it happened the day after I PM'd you last. Will call or PM you today on how this came about.

Tom & Nancy--Its definitely easy to get hooked on the Mokai. Don't know anything about the change to a Subaru motor. Just hope it wasn't due to any problems with the Honda.

Agree you could have some great times with a pair of them in your area. Wouldn't want to try putting two on a top of either a CD22 or CD25, but if you do would love to see how.

Jay
 
I'm thinking I could put mine on top and drive the 22 while Nancy follows in the Mokai. She could just cruise along talking all she wants and I probably couldn't hear her! I could let her back on board for lunch maybe....
 
jkidd":360kq2y8 said:
The new Mokai with the Subaru has a little more hp and higher rpm's. I think it goes 5 mph faster.
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Jody, think I might have waited and bought one new with Subaru motor if I would have known that. The way they are now is great at sea level, but at altitude's in Wyoming and I suspect somewhat in Utah its pretty limiting. Know max speed on Yellowstone Lake at near 8000 ft is only 7 to 8 mph now which is just slightly above displacement speed and with any added weight displacement speed is max.

Jay
 
All's ready and we're off in about a hour. Doing title and registration of new to us Mokai will have to wait until our return.

Man o Man it don't get any better than this!!! Retired, healthy and off to Alaska with my best friend in a truck camper pulling a C-Dory with the Mokai on top and no time restrictions. What a feeling!!! :D :D

Jay
 
Just in case you are interested, I talked with Mokai today and they gave me the reasons for switching to the Subaru engine, whcih was they had to meet new EPA standards and couldn't do it with the Honda engine. They said they almost had to quit making the boats. then they started working with Subaru who helped them develop this engine which met the specs. While it was not their orginal intent to look for more power, it turned that this engine is putting out up to 40% more power and close to the same mileage. They are also working on a quieter muffler system which you will be able to change out with the existing one whenever quiet trumps power.

I ordered two of these things and will give a report when I get them - but they are 5 weeks out from making deliveries, so it'll be a while.

As to retirement - congrats! we will be joining you in retirment next year and hope to make a trip similar to what you are doing now!
 
Jay & Jolee - Best wishes for a safe and enjoyable trip up north. Edna and I parted from El and Bill on Big Horn Lake yesterday after a few days of fantastic boating. We put in at Barry's Landing on Friday waiting for Edna's arrival after arriving on Thursday evening. The Big Horn Lake is four feet above full pool (last time was over 50 years ago) and spilling of course. The amount of drift wood in the lake was annoying, but we had excellent weather. We couldn't visit the dam itself and visitor center because of homeland security issues, but we saw the the important parts of the lake. We did over 80 miles of travel and anchored in choice areas all by ourselves. The NPS has floating toilets on the lake about every 6-7 miles or so, even with hand sanitizers, which surpass anything I have ever seen. Folks within driving distance of Big Horn Lake are missing a real treasure if they want to get into a truly unique boating experience. This has been a very wet year in the canyon, and all the wild flowers and vegetation is lush. El & Bill will be writing it up later. Take care. John & Edna
 
Have a great and safe time. Looking forward to your stories and pictures. Here is the reply from Mokai about upgrades.

At this time there is not a conversion kit available for the older MOKAI's. We are evaluating the cost, skill set and time it would require customers to facilitate this change. In addition the the engine, the engine cover, choke and throttle cables, engine plenum duct and the drive shaft on the jet drive have to be changed.

In the event we decide to offer such a kit it would be announced on our web site.
 
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