Summer cruising

Went down with my dad and and saw his doctor the other day, was supposed to be getting his ears cleaned up in preparation for a hearing test, and ended up completely spacing out that that was the reason for the visit. I think part of what tossed things outta whack on that was our asking his doctor about his taking a trip to the lower 48 to visit family down there. She was not exactly agreeable to the idea of him going on either a plane ride or that long in a car, but said if he really wanted to go visit then she would see what kind of shape she could get him into in time to go down this fall or winter, which made more sense the way she put it than missing the summer up here. After seeing the way she was talking I'm not exactly holding my breath that she'll clear him for travel in the fall, but we'll see what comes when we get there.

In the mean time, I'm planning out what me and him can do here this summer, and we'll see this fall if he's got doctor approval for an expedition down to the lower 48 or not. I've already got at least two plans - 1) fix up the trailer so me and him can go down to Hope gold panning, and 2) fix up his boat so we can cruise around on Big Lake in it. I've also been pondering a plan mom and I had had at one time for getting some kind of sidecar type setup for the ATV that he can ride in. She had wanted to get a Motorcycle with a sidecar for dad, then me and her going cruising around the trails. Or make one of them rickshaw type things for going behind my bicycle, let dad kick back in the rickshaw while me and her peddled along the paved trails on my dirt bike and her old fashioned one. Never got that done, but I am thinking it is time to get to it. Just have to find the rickshaw or build one now.