Being from the drunk coast of Canada there aren't many drinking experiences I haven't had. A houseboat is one.
So how is this different from getting drunk at a cabin, or camping, or on a fishing boat?
Kickstarter to get MQS & Thor to Calgary for house boating? Who's got extra Air Miles?
Well it's a lot more people. Not just on your boat which generally hold about 10-20 people, but when you moor in the evening and join beach parties. Kinda like spring break for Canadians.
But there are other things to do if you don't want to be all about partying. There are trails, and golf courses. And all the water toys you can rent, sea-doos and tubes and such.
No holds barred 24 hour party where no one judges the fact you passed out at 6AM, woke up 2 hours later, and started all over again.
Loose women.
I saw more booze drugs and breasts in 3 days than Robert Downey sees in a month. Watched a guy almost light a boat on fire after eating mushrooms and playing with roman candles. He was wearing a hat made out of corks.
You basically get off the boat, thank Christ you haven't drowned, hang your head in shame and swear you'll never do it again.2 weeks later you start planning for next year.
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I'm attending my first house boating trip this summer at Lake Koocanusa with Bustloose. I'm actually one of the DJs on the trip so i'm pretty excited with all the positive experiences being reported here
Last time I was on a houseboat i got stabbed by a guy who was fkd out of his mind! I wish you all a no knife stabbing experience but many pelvic stabbing experiences.
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Being from the drunk coast of Canada there aren't many drinking experiences I haven't had. A houseboat is one.
So how is this different from getting drunk at a cabin, or camping, or on a fishing boat?
Kickstarter to get MQS & Thor to Calgary for house boating? Who's got extra Air Miles?
Music blasting 24/7 until the trip is over.
Sneaking a boom box into the next boat at 4AM with a recorded version of the Bugle Revelry. Cranking the volume way up and hearing the shouts and screams of WTF is going on from the drunk and sleeping. Boom box got tossed into the lake.
Launching water balloons at passing boats. Especialy ones that have women suntaning on the deck in chase loungers and watching said women beat on the guy who was standing and laughing as it happened.
Someone being left in the water as the boat moves to another location on the lake. Panic ensues when someone realises they have to go back for you. I had to tread water for 10 minutes until they came back for me.
A drunk person trying to open a can of fruit and nearly slicing off his finger on the jagged edge of the lid. Had to go back to dock to get medical attention.
All this happened and more on my last houseboat trip
Sneaking a boom box into the next boat at 4AM with a recorded version of the Bugle Revelry. Cranking the volume way up and hearing the shouts and screams of WTF is going on from the drunk and sleeping. Boom box got tossed into the lake.
Launching water balloons at passing boats. Especialy ones that have women suntaning on the deck in chase loungers and watching said women beat on the guy who was standing and laughing as it happened.
Someone being left in the water as the boat moves to another location on the lake. Panic ensues when someone realises they have to go back for you. I had to tread water for 10 minutes until they came back for me.
A drunk person trying to open a can of fruit and nearly slicing off his finger on the jagged edge of the lid. Had to go back to dock to get medical attention.
All this happened and more on my last houseboat trip
Isn't this like the plot from Meatballs?
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I wish I could find Tronfdc's old house boating posts, they were some of the funniest posts I have ever read here.
The one thing I will say about house boating is this:
There is no truck stop crapper in the world, that can compare to the foulness of a house boat crapper. By the end of it, you will just end up squatting and firing your stink pickles over the side of the boat.
There is no truck stop crapper in the world, that can compare to the foulness of a house boat crapper. By the end of it, you will just end up squatting and firing your stink pickles over the side of the boat.
Just like god intended when he invented Shuswap Lake.
Oh I don't mean "it's the same thing". Houseboating isn't something we do out here, so I'm genuinely curious.
By the sounds of it, it sounds like a wedding weekend on water.
I know you east coasters think you can party, but besides perhaps Shambhala (also done) this is a different planet.
Course your married and have a big boy job, may have missed your chance.
Joking aside, there is fun for couples too.
Just remember these two things. Always shout up 'permission to come aboard' before you join a rocking boat, and be as generous to strangers on yours as they were to you.
