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 Phoenix
    Sail and Power Squadron

    A Unit of
    United States Power Squadrons®
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    Sail and Power Boating

    

    Boating is fun..We'll show you how

     
 

Lake Pleasant is a close and easily accessable recreational boating area located just north of metropolitan Phoenix. The Phoenix Sail & Power Squadron holds a number of raftups and parties on and about this lake each year

. To see the photos and descriptions of these events from the past 12 months click on the links below:

Snow Cruise (Jan)

Pre-St Patricks Day (Mar)

Soak and Sweat (July)

Halloween Party (Oct)

Santa Cruise (Dec)

(l-r) Connie Johnson, Veronica and Rob Anderson

Bill - "So where is your drum Miss Energizer Bunny"?

Our Halloween party had its share of challenges from the get go, but we always consider the unexpected more fun. Rob & Veronica Anderson and Bill & Connie Johnson became our scouts to arrive at the camp ground and settle in Friday evening. They soon found rye grass had recently been over seeded and sprinklers would come on very regularly and soak everything which meant we lost use of the Ramada.. A decision was made -settle in the gravel and we stay dry.

Time to improvise

Into the Dark some Light shall shine

Saturday evening brought us fair weather and some 26 members who brought more food and drink than we could possibly eat in several days. We strung lights between boats and motor homes and boat hooks and created our dinning and visiting area with vehicles and equipment surrounding us. The gravel was starting to look damn good. Some of our members had costumes and we even sported a fog machine that erupted on and off during the night. We had a great sound system which we also used for our movie later in the night.

Mmm, that looks good	Diane Ashton, her two daughters and the dog
You can tell it is about chow time	Lets watch the grill while we wait
Jean and Connie	Drive-In Movie -- desert style
Things that hiss and steam in the night

We watched the movie The Fog and our sophomoric humor ruled the night by throwing popcorn or trying to scare my wife. You all succeeded, she can, however, get counseling I think at a low cost through work. We thought the party was over after the movie but for some it took an eerie turn. Art Ashton’s dog thought it would be great fun to chase a cat that night. But you see, that cat had stripes instead of spots. Not good at all and Art and his family resigned to leave late at night and fight the odor battle the skunk sprayed deposited back in Phoenix. Tribal knowledge now to include the secret Art found on the net to deodorize his pooch.

Twas a nice day for an outdoor breakfast  followed by and afternoon on the lake
Follow that boat - why so slow?	David Allocco leads the way to the raft-up

Jerry Anderson in the next morning created his secret and infamous French toast and we all had a great leisurely breakfast. We managed to get at least half of our group out to Deer cove and we made a fine afternoon of it. We and our boating family had so much fun on our gravel we may skip the grass next year too.

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