4th of July note from Scott.

For the second year in a row we attended the big flotilla event in ski basin for the 4th of July fireworks show at Rockport Beach.  This year we arrived around 7:00ish and relaxed until 9:30 when the fireworks started.  My only regret is that I did not find this sooner in life.  If you are a boat lover and you appreciate beautiful water craft; this is a great place to be.  Every couple of minutes someone comes idling by in a $100,000+ beautiful work of art.  This is also a great place for people watching.  You see the classy, the ignorant, the extremely intoxicated, the clueless, the conservative, the scared, the socially awkward, and any other descriptive that comes to mind.  This place has it all.  And this variety delivers plenty of fodder for conversation.  The Lunas (601) and some friends of theirs from SA joined us in their boat.  We tied off together and visited until the fireworks.  We anchored along with many other boats just off of the channel in about 2' of water.  The bottom was hard sand so it was nice to sit in the water to stay cool while sipping on a few tasty beverages.  A perk to going by boat to this event is the proximity to the fireworks.  They are exploding almost directly overhead and there is a great reflection of the fireworks on water at night.  The show goes on for almost 20 minutes.  It truly is one of the most fun events we do here all year long.  It is a festive setting that we get to enjoy with great friends.  We plan to do it again next year and would encourage other boat owners to join us.  The attached pics are from early in the evening.  By the time the fireworks started the boat density had tripled.  In one of the pics notice the party barge with the thatched roof.  It was loaded with every option imaginable.  Also notice the variety in the size and financial scale of the boats.  Everything from a $2,000 bathtub with a trolling motor to a $2.5M 70' sportfisher.  I will say everyone there was polite, happy, glad to be there and wanted to celebrate the independence of our great nation.  That type of large scale positive environment is not easy to find these days. Hope you can join us next year!