04/23/2012 10:36:37 AM
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HBjocelyn
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Hello Houseboaters!
Houseboat Magazine is looking for unique, fun plans you are doing for the fourth of July on your houseboat.
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04/23/2012 12:59:06 PM
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BananaTom
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Not this year, but in the past, I displayed 50 American Flags on my boat, with Uncle Sam on the bow top. (As seen in my avatar.)
Entered the local boat parade, and took first place with 20 souls on board. Then rode around the Pensacola Beach area, sounding the horns, so everyone else would as well.
Sure was fun making all that noise!!!
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Banana Tom
Edited: 04/23/2012 at 12:59:26 PM by BananaTom
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04/23/2012 04:40:42 PM
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MILLERTYME
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Joined: 02/20/2006
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Until a couple of years ago they had boat parades around here, great fun, spent days lighting it up.[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/1001136du.jpg/]  [/URL]
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UC FANS 1999, 52' Monticello - Miller Tyme Port of Aurora IN
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04/23/2012 05:04:07 PM
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stmbtwle
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Joined: 04/22/2003
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Definitely plan to be on board for the Fourth. Where, and what we'll be doing, hasn't be decided yet.
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Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
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04/23/2012 06:49:42 PM
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potis
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Joined: 08/07/2007
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We are ALWAYS on our boat on the 4th. This year will be no exception. The difficult part is that the 4th is on a Wedesday this year; so do we go to the boat the weekend before and then come home on the 5th, or go up on the 4th and stay thru the following weekend. Easiest decision is to go up the weekend before the 4th and stay through the following weeken!!! Problem solved.
Edited: 04/23/2012 at 06:50:41 PM by potis
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04/24/2012 01:34:16 AM
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42gibson
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well its pretty easy for us. i retired last year and my wife retired april 1st. sooooooooo we'll be on the boat all summer. life is good !! 
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1991 gibson 44 executive 454's norwich,ohio docked on the good ole ohio river in marietta
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04/24/2012 07:14:41 AM
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ShoreBound
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42 gibson, wipe that smile off your face and think about all of us poor working stiffs, trying to get where you are! Congratulations. Enjoy your retirement. You EARNED it. It takes a lot of years and hard work to get where you are.
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04/24/2012 03:12:28 PM
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Amelia
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Joined: 02/03/2007
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Our houseboat, the perennial Work-in-Progress, will be tied up at the dock in our front yard on the evening of July 4th again this year... with a dozen or so teenagers likely laying claim to the place, while their parents and a hundred or more other grownups socialize on dry land, clustered around the pig-cooker and the beer cooler. We'll eat and drink (gently) until we can't swallow another bite of delicious carry-in offerings, then we'll each find a comfortable place somewhere, many on the top deck of the Lotus Eater, for the town's spectacular over-water fireworks show. By then, there'll probably be a hundred boats out there, their anchor lights a'twinkle. It's a really fun evening, even for the host and hostess. Any houseboat forum friends who happen to be in eastern NC that day are welcome to stop by. (I'm serious. Feel free to PM for directions.)
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Amelia
Edenton, NC
Edited: 04/24/2012 at 03:15:49 PM by Amelia
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04/25/2012 01:36:54 PM
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HBjocelyn
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Joined: 04/17/2012
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Sounds like some of you had some fun celebrations in the past. We are also looking for upcoming future plans for this fourth. Anybody else have any?
Thanks,
Jocelyn
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04/25/2012 02:10:10 PM
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FranticallyRelaxing
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Posts: 370
Joined: 09/10/2006
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Since we spend nearly every free minute on the SkipperLiner, AND we also have a great cruising boat and a killer motorhome to pull it with (see sig  ), we try to get away from the houseboat on holidays and enjoy some different scenery!
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 1988 SkipperLiner 53x14 1995 Tracker Party Cruiser 32 *for sale* 2003 Chaparral 260 SSI 2000 Allegro Bus 40' DP
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04/30/2012 02:01:40 PM
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HBjocelyn
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Joined: 04/17/2012
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Keep them coming people. I want pictures, and info. Feel free to e-mail jocelyn@harrispublishing.com
Thanks!
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05/01/2012 04:19:27 PM
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Bamby
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Joined: 07/30/2008
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I know we generally take in some fireworks ourselves. These were taken in Marietta, Oh.
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Respect Our Outdoor Recreational Resources Leaving Only "Footprints in the Sand" 2003 5.3 Chevy P/U 1972 35' Crest Pontoon Houseboat 2007 90 hp. Yamaha
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