Very cool picture Kwood. Gotta love a Southwind.
Warning: Kind of a threadjack coming . . . but I'm feeling a bit nostalgic this morning.
My Grandfather leased 600 acres from the government just south of Water Wheel (north of Blythe) from around 1938 to around 1980. Somewhere there are photos and 8mm movies of me, my sister and cousins being pulled around in a wagon because we are too young to walk on the rough diret roads of the ranch. Nearly 2 miles of riverfront and 600 acres to explore on foot or on dirt bike was a great way to spend my summer. Dad was a school teacher so we had all summer to spend at the river. Crazy thing was my parents can't swim and didn't boat. Until a family friend convinced my parents to go in half on a nearly new ski boat, 18 ft. Horizon SBC/Jacuzzi. My parents had a pool built about the same time cuz us kids were on the city swim team. I still can't believe the things my parents spent $$$ so that the kids could have a good time!
We stayed in a trailer that was 45 ft long but only 10ft. wide. Until an old cottonwood tree split in a storm and crushed it (with us in it at the time). After that we just tent camped for another 20 or so. Same spot, same boat, same core group of friends. Good times every time. Skunks, spiders, ants, snakes, storms, heat, wind, we camped through it all. Boated all the way up to Parker Dam many times. Opened and emptied a keg of beer one weekend with just 8 friends from high school. Watched my buddy eat his morning corn flakes with Bacardi after losing a bet. Had my first one night stand. Skied naked several times waving to the folks in Water Wheel. Ate a lot of shrooms. Skied more miles of glass than anyone ever has had a right to, hence the "handle" GlassCutter.
Watched my sister ski right up into the reeds when she was scoping out some hot guy. Got to ride in a blown Hemi Sanger hydro and a Hemi K boat. Ahhhh them's the dayz boys
