The Sunnyland Antique & Classic Boat Festival -
The time has come for the big boat show on Lake Dora. The super bowl of boat shows. There are going to be over 300 boats on display over the next three days. Over one hundred will be in the water. The "Cherup" is in no way ready for to sit in the water 10 minutes, let alone 3 days. So, this morning I towed her from Sanford, through downtown Mt. Dora, past the old Wise Boat Works building, up old 441 to Wooten Park on the north shore of Lake Dora.
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| Cherup waiting her turn for tractor service |
We dropped her in the main holding area for the valet tractor service to put in her in the main display area. I did get to take my first ride in the Cherup today. (on the trailer, behind a tractor! It does count, really!) Around the parking lot, by the boatramp, along the side walk, around the main building, into a patch of grass under a big oak tree on a hill, right next to the lake....you gotta be kidding me! What a great spot! Not only a great spot, but some nice company, too!
I am proud to tell you that we are just across from one of the most noteable wooden boats of modern time. Well, modern movie time.... The "Thayer IV" from "On Golden Pond". It is the picture boat driven by Henry Ford and Katherine Hepburn. I will have many more pictures and stories for you over the next few days!
I am proud to tell you that we are just across from one of the most noteable wooden boats of modern time. Well, modern movie time.... The "Thayer IV" from "On Golden Pond". It is the picture boat driven by Henry Ford and Katherine Hepburn. I will have many more pictures and stories for you over the next few days!
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| Our spot under the tree by the lake! |
Cherup has excellent Karma -- snagging a prime spot at the boat show next to such a famous boat. I wish I could be there to cherish this memorable experience; a first for Cherup in Florida. Thank you for making this dream come true Chris. I'm sure you've made our forefathers happy and proud, I know I am. And thank my Pop too and say "Hi" to him for me!
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