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sometimes you just listen to the wife ---" yes dear i will transport the entire family to fire island"here are two of my grandchildren

fire island just like it was 400 years ago no buildings 32miles to the east and 30 miles to the west .other then life guard stands and small beach buildings.

Dang Bob......what a tough job you were charged with there! ! ! !

I hope your wife appreciates all of the things that you do for her....

If I were there I would certainly have stepped up to the plate and helped my buddy.......

Hope driving the entire family to Fire Island did not screw up your day to bad...

LOL

Harry

racked buck seeking some unguarded city slickers food.

harry it means no fishing and remove all fishing gear and replace with beach chairs ,toys, umbrella,etc.and overwhemed by women!!!!

Uhmmmmmmm.......lets see here.......go fishing or be overwhelmed by women.......Send recent photos of the women! ! ! !

Harry

Bob......I like your new Avatar.....got to get me a hat like that.....will cut down on the glare..

H

Bob

No matter how many rods you had to remove or how many women were around you, you loved it. Nothing better than sharing the boat with the family. Consider your self lucky. Your family enjoys the boat. If they didn't you probably wouldn't have the family or possibly the boat.

Its all great memories.

Bob,
Nice to see it looks like your feeling better.
Bruce

thanks for the adda boy .bruce the knee is stable but still hurts on a damp day.i can`t complain as i look around alot of people with worse conditions.will not be playing touch football on beach that for sure.

tony here is one of the women-------------my dauther

this is the bay side. entrance to sunken forest .land is untouch buy humans since 1600 . al kind of shells in water for granchildren.

sunken forest and fire island only accessible by boat no vehicle of any type.

labor day is the annual sandcastle day . son inlaw design mermaid and family all pitch in. won 1st place with back packs for all grandchildren and fanny packs for adults.

walk back to boat docked in basin on bay side and was meet buy newspaper writer . my bertram was chosen as the best example of a nostagia boat on the fire island seashore. photograph and written up for the "fire island tide" newspaper.31 bertram has to be the best looking boat ever. 2nd place was a first edition nortic tug from NH. beautiful woodwork. a great day share by all my family. i hope this post finds all my brothers in the best of heath or a least making headway.

I feel so sorry for you Bob, having to spend a day with the family in an awful place like that, and on an Old Boat too...with the sun shinning.....Yuck! Kids probably had Fun Too and were Yelling and Laughing All Day, Yeah I'm pretty good at judging that sort of thing...those darn smiles and grins are the give away.

You poor guy!

Gotta do, what ya gotta do!!



It's been a few years since we cruised over to Fire Island. Those pictures make me miss it...next year for sure!


Taking 2 First Place competitions... just icing on the cake!

I like your pics Bob.....I'd give up a days fishing for a day like that.

Harry

you are right harry my family is the most important asset in my life.i put the bertram in a trust fund for my two grandsons . so it can`t be sold for two generations myself and my son .,not that my son would ever let that boat go .
the hat is a slogger brandmark with 4 small air vents on side,perfect for that bama sun!!!!

Bob, GREAT pictures...memories like that dont fade away...like the one of the grandson at the helm...in 20 years take another in the same spot. I like the boat trust idea...the first place pat on the back was just the icing on the day..BH

post the write up from the paper...

Bob

Great looking family. Looks like everyone had fun. You know what, they will always talk about these days, even after they are long over. The kids will remember it forever.

Looks like a fun time Bob.. Grand kids are the best yet..
Wayne

Tony Meola wrote:Bob

Great looking family. Looks like everyone had fun. You know what, they will always talk about these days, even after they are long over. The kids will remember it forever.

Or they do what I am doing now...they take their kids back to those same spots, share the old memories and make some new ones...

bob lico wrote: i can`t complain as i look around alot of people with worse conditions.

You talking about me??

bob lico wrote:will not be playing touch football on beach that for sure.

Neither will I.

Bob-

Glad to see I am not the only one who is just "cruzin" his Berty. Great pix of the family. I have been trying to coordinate a family outing (Krys putting it together) all year....and everytime killed by the weather.

What a great boat. Thanks for sharing the pictures