Rescue Raft Shenanigans

Lover J-man's giddy expression!

Jim has an expired rescue raft from the fishing boat that has been sitting in the garage taking up space.  So he came up with the bright idea of bringing it to Cherry to test it out.  You wouldn't normally just" test it out" as its a one time use item and its expensive!  But since it was expired and you don't want to risk using an expired one, it left it available for shenanigans!

Jim took it out in the water, threw it in and pulled the cord.  Normally it would be thrown over board on the boat while hanging onto the cord.

I good strong pull causes the boat to automatically inflate.   It took less than 30 seconds to inflate.

Once it inflated, Jim got in it and looked at all the gear that came with it:  a knife, two small wooden paddles, a bailing bucket, sponges for bailing, a mirror for sending signals, huge flares, a rocket flare...  The gear was as much fun as the boat!

The boat has a cover to keep you out of the elements.  It is a six man raft -- but that would be SUPER tight!

Grace and Jeremy were in on it all.  Note the GoPro on G's head! Jeremy is looking at something used to repair holes.

After we went through all the gear, we added the boat to our "flotilla" and went out to catch blue gill.  Jeremy and G rode in it while I pulled them with the kayak.  They filled the boat with water and we put the blue gill we caught in it!  Such fun...except for me who was trying to drag them around while paddling (with only one paddle!).  After awhile, Drew came along with the jetski and tossed me a tow rope.

He towed us across the lagoon where we continued to fish while Jeremy jumped off of the cliffs above us.  Fun for all!