Thanks for the welcome 75Fantasy. After retiring 18 months ago I set about working on my bucket list. I built a vintage dirt bike from the frame up, with a bunch of custom touches. Went to Europe for a month with the wife and her best friend, living out of backpacks. Came home and 4 days later we started on a 6400 mile trip to New York to attend the biggest vintage motocross race in the country. Saw Mt. Rushmore/Sturgis/Deadwood, Chicago, Niagra Falls, Nashville, Carlsbad caverns, and some friends we hadn't seen since high school.
I live less than an hour from Perris, Elsinore, and Silverwood, and about 3 hours to the river. I grew up on the river literally, as my grandfather owned 600 acres next door to Water Wheel from the 1940's to the 1990's. Boating has always been a great form of recreation for my family. I love my boat and figured it was time to get back out on the water, doing something else that brings me pleasure. Can't afford something newer and nobody makes a hull design that fits our lifestyle nearly as well as what I have, so now is the time to make the magic happen again.
Pursue the things that make your family happy people. It is the only way. I want to leave this earth smiling.
