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@ALPJr we are just 4 old guys who ski every week for 2 hrs at Bow lake and try to make the most of it! We enjoy skiing, eating and hanging out together. We also try to ski as much as possible together during the rest of the week and have been known to take a few road trips together ? life is too short not to enjoy doing the things you like to do with the friends you have. Can’t imagine not having this time together. Wednesday is still the best day of the week!

The Wednesday night crew celebrated SPAM night at Bow lake in honor of Monty Python. We had spam musubi, spam fried rice, spam potato salad, bacon wrapped spam roast and mixed greens and finished the night off with maple spam ice cream. Just another Wednesday night at Bow lake. And yes the skiing conditions were perfect except that @Rednucleus tweaked his hamstring again ☹️ and was unable to ski although he does make a good boat driver?. Next week is our annual wing fest stay tuned

@cacman better yet get some seals from Wiley’s and bring your drysuit up to Bow lake some Wednesday night soon and have @Rednucleus repair them for you. He does all the repairs for the Wednesday night crew and his rates are very reasonable, usually a bottle of Scotch will do the trick ?

@rockdog I wired my with a separate switch from my heater. Only use the circulation pump when at idle no need when pulling a skier as the engine is turning enough rpms to pump out enough heat

@Hofftoski here are some pics of my heater and circulation pump install

@Hofftoski here is the heater I installed in my boat. I mounted it in front of the drivers seat. I have 2 of the vents aimed at the driver and the 3rd one I attached a flex hose so it can be pulled out and used by the passenger https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/70602/10002/-1

@Hofftoski I put a heater and a circulating pump in my 2002 Sunsetter LXI and they work great. Did the whole job for under $300. Just ask @Rednucleus how much he enjoys the heater. He even runs it during the summer season at Bow lake. Also installed a hot water shower to make it easier to get into our Wiley bindings during the cold water season and for warming up our hands and feet during the winter ski season

@thager first off sorry about your phone! The Wednesday night crew has a saying for occasions like this “better you then me” ????

3 of the 4 members of the Wednesday night crew along with my wife and son all have the Stokes suits. Can’t be more pleased with the fit, warmth, and durability. The other member of the Wednesday night crew has a Blacktec and has had issues with it’s durability. Plus the customer service from @Thomasasher is the best.

@bananaron what is the next “PRISTINE “ boat you have your eye on?

Here is this weeks report on the Wednesday night crew from Bow lake. Doug and I skied Clear lake this morning. Perfect conditions glass like water and no other boats ? did lots of free skiing and Doug got in some footin. Meet up with Ken and @Rednucleus at Bow lake for our regular session. More perfect conditions air temp in the low 70’s. Had another fantastic meal of corn on the cob, sauerkraut and sausage, baked beans and sausage, more sausages, beet greens and an assortment of fruit and an assortment of beers! Finished things off with apple crisp and home made vanilla ice cream. Wednesday the best day of the week!

The Wednesday night crew made a road trip to ski lake Shoecraft near Arlington Wa. We were hosted by Dr Stacey and his wife Leslie. Had the whole lake to ourselves from 9-11. Dr Stacey had his portable coarse set up for us to use. He also invited us to stay for a lunch of smoked ribs, coleslaw, potato salad, collard greens salad, baked beans, fresh fruit, @Rednucleus wife chocolate cake and an assortment of IPA’s (thinking of you @The_MS ). Another great day of skiing eating and hanging out with friends! Life doesn’t get any better than this!

@ALPJr beer is never off topic????

@The_MS always an assortment of IPAs with a favorite being from Bale Breaker Brewery in Moxie Wa near Yakima Wa really cool brewery as they built it in the middle of a hop field. We also have a full bar of hard alcohol with Scotch’s and Bourbon’s the featured flavor. @Rednucleus is our resident Scotch and Bourbon snob I mean expert

@KRoundy when are you going to join us? We are always up for a special guest! Let us know and we can plan a special meal for you. We will be skiing our regular time slot 5-7 Wednesday til it gets too dark to ski usually late October when the time change kicks in

After taking last week off for my families annual week long ski trip on lake Entiat on the Columbia river I rejoined the Wednesday night crew for our regular time slot at Bow lake. That was after Doug and I skied Clear lake this am with one of my daughters and my daughter in law. We enjoyed another great meal of deer stew, broccoli greens, cheesey cauliflower, salad and sautéed beans. The featured drink was fresh peach daiquiris.Finished things off with 2 blueberry pies made by @Rednucleus wife and my homemade fresh peach ice cream. Joining us for dinner were @Rednucleus wife my wife and 2 special guest Dr Stacey and his wife. Another great night with the weather very pleasant the skiing good the food great and the company outstanding

Helmets and goggles looks like speed skiing to me. Those people are flat out CRAZY ?

@Horton seriously 5 years to finish college? What did you do Red Shirt??

1/2 of the Wednesday night crew free skied Clear lake yesterday minus Ken and @Rednucleus but one of my daughters joined us for some warm water sunny sky only boat on the lake skiing? Finished the day off by skiing our usual Wednesday night time slot at Bow lake with @Rednucleus joining us along with another friend Tyler. He is a barefoot maniac! Had one of our favorite meals to end the night beef tongue tacos along with shrimp tacos, collard greens salad, Asian salad, home made guacamole and chips, cheesy noodles. And for desert gf brownies, gf carrot cake, gf ginger snap cookies and home made vanilla ice cream with Marion berry sauce and blueberry sauce. Oh yes we did have margaritas to wash things down? We were joined for dinner by @Rednucleus wife and daughter his brother-in-law his employee Allison and my wife. Another fantastic night of great skiing super food and even better fellowship. It doesn’t get any better than this!

@Rednucleus I didn’t realize you knew so much about skis I thought you were just a fin Tweeker ?

@Intheday that’s usually what the Wednesday night crew does at Bow lake with @Rednucleus. If he screams like a little girl it is usually drysuit time. If he just moans it is long wet suit time. And if he just groans it is time for his 3/4 Stokes. The rest of us ski in shorts and a rash guard most of the summer?

What’s the big deal with water temp? Just get in and SKI. ?

The Wednesday night crew was back at it again today. Started the day off with some free skiing at Big lake minus @Rednucleus then skied our usual time slot at Bow lake and finished things off with another great meal! Had Ken’s bbq chicken hindquarters, potato salad, Swiss chard greens, pork fried rice, plain fried rice with veggies and finished things off with a blueberry-goat cheese-hazelnut pie and homemade ice cream. Another great day of skiing eating and fellowship with my best friends! Can’t wait to do it again next week

@bananaron what kind of “pristine” boat are you bringing home with you this time?

@Zman it wasn’t easy but after @Rednucleus shared some of his assortment of Scotch’s with @Horton he was quite cooperative ??