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Topock / Laughlin / There are still great people in this world!
« on: October 07, 2014, 09:55:50 AM »
We stayed at the AVI for the weekend and for the last run of the day decide to run down river past Fort Mojave (not to familiar with the river). On the way back up river to the Avi we hit a rock bar pretty dam hard and sucked rocks into the jet stalling the motor
Now I'm thinking this is all bad, sun is going down were stranded and floating back down river into more rocks pretty scary
, lucky my buddy and I were able to tie ropes to the boat and swim the boat to a super nice house with a buoy on its beach after a struggle we got the boat tied and secured.
Time to make some calls to figure how to get the boat back to the trailer. Called to hotel, they transfers me to sea tow. I'm not a member its been 3 years since my boat has seen water. $275 an hour out of Needles and if the water is to low forget it.
I get my wallet and shirt and shoes and get on the beach and start to walk up the driveway and low and behold there is a boat launch right next to the beach
. Ok, now all I need is a way to get to the hotel and get the trailer over here no address on houses and no one home?
?? OK, walk down the road a little more a truck is coming my way, I flag it down a local older gentleman (Mike) pulls up, I explain the situation. I need a taxi or a ride back to the Avi he says he can do me that favor.
. By this time sun is down. I call down to the boat to let them know what is going to happen, He lets his girlfriend (Sue) know what he is doing and we head out to the Avi, turns out we are over 15 miles from the hotel. We get there get the trailer off my van an on to my buddies 4x4 pick up and head back, (Mike) waits for us to make sure we find our way back in the dark. We get back to the boat he goes to his girlfriend Sue's house and gets flashlights, comes down to the launch and lights it up for us with his truck to get the boat on the trailer.
relief the boats on the trailer everyone is safe
after strapping the boat down. I go to Mike and give him my gratitude and some cash, he refuses to take any money and was happy to do a good deed.
THERE ARE STILL GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD!


Time to make some calls to figure how to get the boat back to the trailer. Called to hotel, they transfers me to sea tow. I'm not a member its been 3 years since my boat has seen water. $275 an hour out of Needles and if the water is to low forget it.

I get my wallet and shirt and shoes and get on the beach and start to walk up the driveway and low and behold there is a boat launch right next to the beach





THERE ARE STILL GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD!