July 3 - 8, Graffs

It was our first fourth of July on the lake and it was hot and busy.  We were lucky to snag a close spot in Ice Cream Cove.  It's a nice little cove just across from Stateline Marina with a half mile narrow water way that opens up at the end to another small cove.  It's great for kayaking and paddle boarding.

The engines, generator and air conditioning all worked well.  Someone left a large fan that we found to be a nice addition.

We borrowed Scott's anchor straps and gave them a try and did find them to be very handy.  With the water going down we were able to loosen them a little each day easily.

We noticed that the right side refrigerator seemed to be cooling less than the left side.  On the last day we turned it up from 6 to 9 to see if that made a difference.  We were't there long enough to know for sure.  Please notify me if it becomes a problem that needs to be addressed.

We noticed that the shovel's on board were rusting out and the foot washing pan was tearing so we made a run to Walmart and purchased two new shovel's and three new wash pans.

We noticed that although the winch works well the housing for the control module has broken away from the cable unit.  I'm not quite sure what we should do about that if anything.  Opinions on that would be appreciated.

I meant to check the water in the batteries but realized after we had departed that I had forgotten to do it.  If one of the next users wouldn't mind taking a look it would be appreciated.

We pumped out at the Stateline pumping station and found it to be less crowded and easier to get in and out of.

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George Graff