Our first boat outing

At the toll booth out side Whittier, AK

Eric, our rig and our new boat!

A beautiful day in Alaska!

Waiting in line to go through the tunnel to Whittier.

Eric did not have to twist my arm for this thing. Talk about living the Alaskan dream. We bought a 21 foot Hewscraft boat, and couldn't be more excited. Everyone here has a boat and/or motor home. We hooked up our boat to the truck, and headed for the port town of Whittier. It was a beautiful day. Whittier is about 60 miles south of Anchorage and is at then end of a long tunnel. The tunnel is only one lane, so everyone must wait until traffic flows in your direction.

We unloaded out boat at Whittier, and I waited until Eric parked the truck. Whittier is filled with serious fishermen, and I was a bit nervous. I noticed that the boat looked kind of funny in the water, but thought nothing of it. I got in after about 10 minutes or so, and realized the boat was filled with water!!!!! We quickly tried to get the boat out, and were totally embarrassed. Eric had not put the boat plugs in, and it filled with water! We were very upset with ourselves, and went home. We are now the joke of our friends! Great........