Shakedown Cruise II

Last time we saw Our Fuzz a bit disappointed with the performance of his not exactly new outboard motor.

But we also saw that the mechanically minded fellow had succeeded in locating and correcting the problem.

His Sweetie was game to give it another shot, so a few days later they headed back up to the lake.

This time things went a bit better.

Here is a rare look at The Fuzz himself, heading out to "see what she'll do" as they say.

So where is His Sweetie in this pix?

Well, the truth is that she is not quite the Puddleduck that Our Fuzz is.

Her idea of a day at the lake is to be dropped off on a nice secluded shore with her paints and easel.

So with her happily situated, The Fuzz took off up the lake for some exploring and a bit of fishing.

This lake like most of them in this area is really a dammed up river.  A lot of the shoreline in this area is rather steep with few places to land.

But there are a few...

Mostly private property!

This one looks like a pretty nice set-up.

These folks seem to have solved the problem of finding a place to land.

The Fuzz did eventually find a place and settle down to "feed the fish" as he puts it.

He tied up to a branch sticking out of the water and threw out a line.

This is what comes of trying to do two things at the same time.

Note the ring of ripples in the center of this pix.

The Fuzz was trying to get a picture of his little bobber floating there.  It turned out that this was the moment that it took a nice dive!

So of course he missed that one.

But he did get a couple of the little buggers.

The operative word here is little!

But it was fun.

His Sweetie was set up just on the other side of those trees and they had set up a rendezvous for lunch.

The fish had already had theirs.

The Fuzz beached the boat and joined her in the cool shade of the woods above this small beach.

He had to include this bit of fungus with these pix.

But it was time to leave now.

So they loaded up and had a short cruise back to the boat ramp...

And then back to the woods.

It was a nice day.