What was your first trip to "the river"?
It was 1974, I was 11 years old, we had a 1969 Glaspar powered by a Mercury 1000 100 hp clamp on, towed behind a 1964 Ford country squire station wagon. Also along was Fred, A friend of my step dad, and his big block powered V-drive flat. (I have no idea what hull it was.) We stayed for a weekend at Echo, rode from one end of the river to the other over and over, got drug around in an innertube till my arms hurt, and had the crap scared outta me in Freds flat. (over and over ) It was July, we slept in a tent, had to bail water out of Freds boat the next morning, and generally had the time of my life. I never forgot about that trip.
In 1986 I bought my first boat, a 1971 Marlin tri-hull, powered by an 85 horse Chrysler.
It's been 17 years and three boats since then, now I haunt Havasu, but I still remember that first trip...