Our first stowaway

Trip dates: 
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Trip length: 
1 day
Type of watercraft: 
Power
  • Mattox Creek
  • Our stowaway

We decided to take the “Kiwi Kruiser” out this morning to practice our docking skills and were very surprised to find a cute furry critter, aka a $%&@en racoon, hunkered down in the middle toon.  You must look very closely to see his fur coat right in front of the motor but trust me he was there.  I was very content not to be bitten, scratched, or mauled hence I didn’t spend much time taking pictures.  Sometime between the time I jumped off the boat onto the dock to find a big stick, club, or surface to air missile launcher the racoon also hoped onto the dock and hid underneath it.  Good enough for me.  We took a nice, relaxing cruise around Mattox Creek and successfully brought her into the slip and onto the lift a few times.