I would love to find one. Only 16s and 17s in the Midwest this fall. I love my 16, though!
Ooh, good acquisition! I love my Lady Bug!
He found a seller near me with a pristine ivory white Bug – since I was planning a trip from Pittsburgh to West Michigan to visit kinfolk we arranged to have me transport it this weekend. I met the seller last week and we did a short paddle up and back on the last 5 miles of the Youghiogheny River (I used a kayak and loaned him my Bug so we could keep the sold one clean). He did admit that maybe he was having a bit of seller’s remorse (experiencing the pleasure of paddling a Lady Bug again) but I suggested to him he could borrow mine if he ever got too nostalgic for it – he has some other nice boats anyway.) I’ll be visiting cousins who live less than an hour from the buyer and they live directly on a 43 acre lake so tundrawalker will be able to immediately check out the Bug if he likes before hauling it home.
The seller Willowleaf mentioned above would be me. I want to thank her publicly for making the sale possible. Besides helping both Tundrawalker and myself with this, she offered to meet me where ever I wanted to pick up the boat. She even offered to drive all the way to me to get it (an hour and a half away!) Instead, we met at the river and shared a great day together—and I made a new friend. Thank you, Willowleaf!
And thank you to you, ScottFree. I enjoyed our paddle on the Yough as well. I checked out the little business promo package you gave me – I like the photos so much I am framing one of them to add to my “gallery” wall in the camper. I found that by tacking velcro strips to the birch walls I can use flush back small frames with the velcro loop glued to the backs to securely mount artwork in the living space.
CL has been chock full of Pelicans, Rogue River and other equally bad boats of late around here and anything nice has been wildly over priced, so I keep watch on Offer Up as well. I found two viable fixer uppers there in the last year. I got an Old Town Kennebec for $200 although it needed much work and just picked up a Disco 174 for $250. I have missed out on a few too that would have made decent solos because I was not looking every day.