A Tour Of The Local Boat Show

Welcome to the boat show. All 3 of us where joined by Katrina's friend, Melissa. This is a view of the outdoor display.

There were quite a few boats at the docks. Many were well above our price range.

And even more boats... Imagine that!

Inside, Miss Geico the racing boat was on display. Looks like she runs on turbine power to reach around 190 MPH.

Betcha didn't know there was a female version of the gecko lizard for Geico Insurance, I didn't.

Here's the back view of the trailer holding Miss Geico. It's so big, it has 2 little 'pit-bikes' mounted on it.

That's a massive hydraulic system used to move the boat into position.

And here's the end of the trailer. While we were trying to get this shot, we had to wait until several grown men stopped 'fondling' the rudder blade. What's up with that?

We saw this 3-wheeled motorcycle by the jet skis. Yeah, Luann would like to have one of these.

We registered earlier for a boat ride in a Master Craft ski-boat, so here we are, suited up and ready for the run.

Take a look at these monsters! And they aren't even part of the show. We passed them by as we took our test drive.

Time to lay into the throttle.

It looks like the girls are having fun.

I don't know what the story is about this little lighthouse on such a small waterway. I'll need to check into that later.

This cruiser put up such a huge wake that the pilot of the boat took the opportunity to jump the Mastercraft completely out of the water. Yee-haw!

After the boat ride, the Hillstrand brothers from the TV series "Dangerous Catch" appeared to sign autographs. It was weird how everybody mobbed these guys.

It was like these guys were some superstars from Hollywood, rather than simple crab fishermen trying to eke out a living on the Bering Sea.

Excuse me, I want a picture! Who cares if somebody might be behind you, already taking a picture? Bee-Otch, I hope your picture comes out blurry!

Another pose for the crew members of the Time Bandit.

Peekaboo, we see you!

And finally, why would a Shelby GT500 Mustang be at a boat show? I don't know either, but we took a picture of it.