Re: Increasing Fuel Prices
It will not affect my boating one bit. I will only be on the water for about three weeks this year, as that will be my only R&R during boating season. My wife still drives her 5.4 Expedition every day, and when in the states, I will drive my 5.0 Mustangs everywhere. The 5.8 in my boat will see plenty of WOT, and we will probably cover 250 miles pulling tubes with various kids/adults in them. As a matter of fact, we will be using that Expedition to pull the 31' travel trailer this year too! I refuse to let the idiots fuel speculators dictate my way of life. I spend 330+ days a year at the mercy of the Middle East and its never ending conflicts. I absolutely REFUSE to let them dictate how I spend my free time. I have fought too hard and too long to GET that freedom, and I will be damned if I let someone take it away from me. We plan around our vacation budget several months in advance, and allow for extra fuel expenses. My boat, and travel trailer are paid for, as are my Mustangs. (If I hadn't bought that new Expedition, we wouldn't have a car payment either, but it was time for a new tow vehicle anyway, and the wife had driven the mini-van for 7 years.) Gas may or may not hit $5/gallon this summer, but it will eventually. It's coming and there is nothing we can do to stop it. Hybrids are not the answer either. How many hybrid boats you see? Can you wake board (successfully) behind a canoe? The internal combustion engine is not going away anytime soon, and there are conversion kits already on the market to change over to propane, bio fuels, etc. Its not all doom and gloom. Just a bit of change we have seen coming for many years. I, for one, will not let it affect my fun with my family, and the memories that those days on the water make. And YOU should not either !
