We plan projects that we need to do, then add in projects that we also want to do and that is how we arrive at our to do lists. Quite often the want to dos get left undone, when the have to dos use up the time between the start of our work and our launch date. That is how my upholstery projects ended up taking over 10 years.
The decisions about what to do and how to spend the time we have left in the hangar, get made as we go along, and with each decision the anticipation of our launch grows. And as the day approaches, and the excitement builds, we check the weather to see what kind of seas we are going to encounter on the day. That too adds to the anticipation.
Each year the big day finally arrives and they slip the trailer under the Thunderbird, remove all the barrels and blocks and ready or not off she goes.
There she is coming down Center Street in Gimli.
And eased into the harbour.
The first few times I saw this, it made me so nervous. I know these guys are professionals and they have done all this many, many times, but seeing it happen really put me on edge.
That is, until Dan and I bought a 2200 square foot split level house and had it moved down Henderson Highway onto our river property. Now that was nerve racking. But, that was a whole other adventure we had. After that, the boat launch never bothered me again.
THE EXCITEMENT IS NOW JUST THRILLING
