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    Marietta Stern Wheeler Festival

    The Marietta, Oh. Stern Wheeler Festival will be here before you know it. I've had quite a few people sort of pushing for us to attend and go with our little pontoon houseboat. Their is no doubt I'd run on down the Muskingum River and enjoy the cruise if the Ohio Parks Commission had seen fit to...
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    Ethanol Causes 70% of Spring Outboard Repairs

    This spring there was trouble in River City, as in St. Cloud, Minnesota, home of three of the largest boat builders in America – Glastron, Larson, and Crestliner. But the trouble had nothing to do with the boats, but rather with the fuel being sold to run their engines. Again the culprit was...
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    Some Pictures of Our Pontoon Houseboat

    I've been working on this boat for far too long. I can still find details I could still work on but this thing is going to get splashed, and the petty little details are going to have to wait. Click here if you would like to view more pictures of my restoration of this boat.
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    24 ft. Pontoon Boat For Sale

    We have a truly unique pontoon boat for sale. The boat is a 24 foot 2004 Forrest River Odyssey Millennium, which was specially ordered to our specifications. The floor plan is set up to specifically for good multi-function for fishing and recreation purposes. There is a live well under captain’s...
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    2005 Sun Tracker Pontoon Bass Buggy

    This belongs to a friend of mine. It's an 18 ft. Pontoon Bass Buggy with a 25 hp. Merc. has a mooring cover, depth finder, live well, and though it's a 2005 it was sold and titled in 06. trailer it's sitting on is included and he's asking $11,500 for the package. It's located in the Wheeling...
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    Boat Camping and Exploration

    Story I wrote on Boat Camping: This is one of our favorite ways and opportunities to see and experience new frontiers. We often set aside a least a few weekends each year for just such exploration and adventures. Often we'll see or maybe hear about new and interesting places and want to...
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    My First Camping Experience in the Mountains

    Here's another one written by my other half: I have lived in the country all of my life, but really had no experience with camping. When we were kids we would occasionally spend a night sleeping in the back yard, but that was the extent of my experience. Then I started dating my husband and...
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    Camping Adventures in the Mountains of West Virginia

    Here's another one the Wife Wrote My husband and I love to camp and have made quite a few trips to the National Forest located in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. We made one of these trips in October after the 911 tragedy. The Air Force was still flying sorties over these mountains...
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    My Boating and Camping Misadventure

    Kind of slow here so I thought I'd post some stories from my blog that maybe some of you may enjoy here. Boating and Camping is a wonderful way and opportunity to see and experience so many places that otherwise may be unattainable. My own first experience of camping and boating involved canoes...
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    Marine industry fights increased ethanol in fuel

    The real concern is that to many places that sell fuel could care less about haw much potential damage they may cause for your property. Read this link on ethanol and be concerned. http://www.pmaa.org/userfiles/file/Splashblending/2008_1027_KC%20Star_Ethanol_Article.pdf
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    Have You Ever Considered Boating?

    Thought I'd post and share this with everybody, maybe you'd enjoy reading it. Boating can be such a totally free and relaxing experience that you'll be amazed how it sometimes consumes your whole life. After we purchased ours we were amazed ourselves as to how our priorities changed in our...
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    Site Traffic

    If you read my introduction on the other thread you'll see I'm trying to build a interesting site. I've got a way to go on it as of yet. If you look I've linked it to here for people who may be seeking more info. Hoping to see some people come on board to seek advise and ask questions. And I'm...
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    Honest Advise Here Please

    New to this site but been around boating for awhile. Fact is anymore I could be considered a boating fanatic. Being around some other forums I realize there are a lot of people out there trying to learn more about boating and the issues involved with it. So much so I thought I'd try to make and...
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