Patches

Day 10 (7/3/09)
This morning we went for a ride in “Patches”. Patches was the winter project of my mother in law Pat and her friend Don. It is a Micro Trawler they constructed out of signboard (plywood) and TLC. It is refreshing, in this day of mass consumerism and retail mania, that this homemade delight turns heads wherever it goes. Patches has the cuteness factor going for it. It has the look of a full-size trawler in a fourteen foot package. With a nine horse engine it isn’t going to break any speed records but it gets around fast enough. Because of its design it is very stable and easily fits four or five adults. It can even sleep two people if you are not at all claustrophobic. It was a beautiful day for a ride on the lake.