An old Grumman aluminum.
I was probably 12 yrs old and it was given to me and my friend because it was folded over, got pinned around a tree in flood waters. We cut out the damaged middle section and joined the ends back together with numerous bolts and tons of caulk.
Boat was crooked, short and weighed a ton. Yet we had many adventures in that thing. We’d get a parent to drop us off at a bridge, float down the river and camp at a spot nearest my friends house. We’d camp until our supply of Doritos, hotdogs and Pepsi ran out. Then we’d drag that boat and our gear through the woods back to his house.
Many years later, someone stole that canoe from my parent’s yard. Must have been for the aluminum scrap because it was a horrible canoe. That kind of bums me due to the sentimental value.
I was probably 12 yrs old and it was given to me and my friend because it was folded over, got pinned around a tree in flood waters. We cut out the damaged middle section and joined the ends back together with numerous bolts and tons of caulk.
Boat was crooked, short and weighed a ton. Yet we had many adventures in that thing. We’d get a parent to drop us off at a bridge, float down the river and camp at a spot nearest my friends house. We’d camp until our supply of Doritos, hotdogs and Pepsi ran out. Then we’d drag that boat and our gear through the woods back to his house.
Many years later, someone stole that canoe from my parent’s yard. Must have been for the aluminum scrap because it was a horrible canoe. That kind of bums me due to the sentimental value.
