Quick little story about the name of our boat, and our boating group. Lake Gypsy
Growing up in the land of 10,000 landings and sandbars, you were pretty much a lake person from birth. But in my 20's, we rode waverunners and ran from party lake to party lake. I married late, and my wife and her daughter loved boating, but we needed friends to share it with.
We had a yahoo group and a facebook page, and text rings etc. Minnesota Lake Gypsies. At the time, nobody owned property, so we would start messaging on Friday nights and pick the lake of the day and all meet up on that particular lake. Sometimes we had a theme, like adults or with kids. Some had pontoons, others had tow boats, and others joined on their PWC. This lasted quite a few years, until we started renting seasonal cabins.
Then it evolved into a place to gather our friends on that particular lake. With a monthly excursion to another lake for a change.
Now that we all seem to own property on lakes all within 20 miles of each other, we use our Lake Gypsy page to invite our friends to a roaming happy hour. Since we all own boats that can occupy 10-15 people, one will throw out the invite, and we gather there for a Friday night. Or if it's a Saturday, our non home owning friends may trailer over for additional capacity.
We all survived the evolution, and now we hope our kids come to hang with us. You are either a lake person, or you are not. And this next season, I think the herd will be thinned after this monster boat buying spree has been on during the pandemic. Some will just come to terms with the fact that they are not boat people.
You know you are, when you put you leg over the gunwale and your brain shuts off work, worries, and you relax.