By The Beautiful Sea!

To add to my Dad's radical status, I must tell you about his recent hobby.  Lemme esplain - my Father has mania's - a plethora of them.  Something will peak his interest and it sort of consumes him for...who knows how long.  Sometimes a few months, sometimes a few years.  His longest running mania has been birds - mostly from the finch family.  In every house we have lived in, my Dad has built an Aviary to house his prized feathered friends.

Now?  His new mania is boats.  I mean, we've always been a boating family, but he has starting collecting sweet old boats from the 50's and 60, aka 'Gidget Boats' (that's what I call them, anyway).  A few weeks ago he towed a shiny new boat down to the lake to participate in a 'show and tell' of sorts.  A 'retro boat show', if you will.  My Mom stayed up late the night before making a poster full of information about the boat my Dad brought down - and here she is!

A 1957 Avalon - the anchor flag is one of my favorite things!

These water skiis were included in the purchase - I think they are as old as the boat is!

The interior is original and in mint condition - so very 'Some Like It Hot'

The boat has only had 2 previous owners.  The original owner housed it for almost 50 years, hardly using it if I remember correctly.  The second owner only had it for a couple of years before my Dad was able to snag it!  I'll have to make sure he comments and lists all the cool stuff about this boat - including the sweet 'Little Dude' trailer it rides on!  I can't wait to go for a spin on the water in this little gem - now where is my sun hat...