Goodbye friends
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:31 pm
Well, I guess it happens to all of us if we hang around long enough. But after about 15 years as a member of this forum I am leaving. Up until 3 or 4 years ago I was extremely active on this board and was pretty much a daily contributor. But after 11 years of loving the pontoon life, we found ourselves spending less and less time on the boat. Not really sure why that happened, could be we're just getting older, could be wanting to spend more time with the grand kids, who knows why, but the fact was we were hardly ever out on the boat the last 3 or 4 years. And then about 7 weeks ago we sold our home in northwest Louisiana and moved to be closer to those grand babies. And then it happened. About 2 weeks ago a friend reached out to me and started asking me questions about my boat and wanting to know if I wanted to sell it. When I started adding up the monthly cost of storing it in an indoor facility, insurance, maintenance and of course the fact that we just didn't use it any more, I agreed to sell our Benny. I've made some really good friends on this forum and this forum was instrumental in teaching me everything about pontoon boats. I knew nothing when I started but after a few years in this group, I finally felt I knew what the hell I was doing, lol. I want to thank all of the old timers on this forum that walked me thru every question or concern I had. Everything from teaching me how to load the boat onto the trailer without losing my mind, to actual DIY maintenance on my little Yamaha 4 stroke engine. i'm probably not thru boating completely.. only now I'll just rent a boat for the afternoon. LOL. Thanks again boys, and please be safe out on the water.
Roland
Roland