Boating Neenah / Menasha

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So sometimes you get so busy you miss a whole story. As I was digging through my photos I came across this folder of photos that I did not post. These photos are from a great day back in the last week of July. It was a little windy and we decided to get out the Bar Pontoon boat. Grab a couple of friends and go on an adventure. With it being windy we decided we would just stay on the rivers to avoid submersing the pontoon's nose under some 3 ft waves. We took off from the Manitowac St boat launch and headed toward Neenah. We went up the river in Menasha and got to Lake Winnebago and ran across to the Neenah channel and made our way in and away from the wind and waves. It is at this point we thought we would indulge in the goodies we brought with us. We brought along a plate of Sushi from Woodmans. Which was very good! We trolled down the river to the Neenah Harbor. This is a fun little run and there are some amazing homes on the water to see. We got up to the harbor and parked. Sat around and eat some sushi and enjoyed the beautiful day. We decided to make a stop at Copper Still Burbon bar across the street from the harbor. As we got off the boat a nice little Donzi pulled up and we helped them tie up quickly. Just so happened this couple was heading to the bourbon bar as well. We got up and got a few drinks and headed out to the patio to get some more sun in. The couple we meet at the dock asked to hang with us and of course, we happily had them join us. Which was a good call! They were both a blast and we all enjoyed talking and got in a lot of laughs. We talked about what to do next. The decision was to head over to check out the new Bare Bones Brewery in Menasha and see what they had to offer. It was a great drive back over to Menasha and up the river past the construction for the new bridge. Which is crazy to see and is going to be cool when the is done. We pulled up to the seawall in Menasha and tied up. Then hung out for a while and had a few drinks on the pontoon bar. Then headed up to Barebones Brewery and was pleasantly surprised to see they have a great outdoor seating area. We went in and found out they are also a distillery and were recommended a Maple whiskey old fashion. Which was delicious! We stuck around and got a chance to meet the manager who was a blast. Overall we really enjoyed the new brewery and hope it finds a successful home in Menasha. We stayed till we started losing light and then headed back to the boat launch. It was a great day out on the water. Wish we had more days like this during this year's boating season. It all seemed to go way too fast.

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4th of July on Lake Winnebago

See the over 129 photos -Photo Gallery - I pulled out the 25CR Crownline and got her back out on the water. With the bar pontoon we never got the old Crownline out last year. A little clean up a good oil change and a drive lube change. The old girl fired right up so we packed her up with cooler and headed for the water. Our friend Casey meet us and brought out his 25ft Sunsation. We wanted to stick around the North end of the lake to catch both the Neenah and Menasha Fireworks. We put in at City of Neenah Rec Park. I have never launched from here before and was a little worried about depth because we draw plenty of water with the Crownline. We had no issues at all the ramp was clean and deep enough with a nice textured concrete ramp and a nice slope. We dropped in and wanted to burn some fuel so we headed over to High Cliff. [360 view] We hung out and enjoyed the sun , food and drinks for about 2 hours. Than it was time to pull the anchors and head over to Waverly Beach. We pulled in and were surprised that there were not that many boats in the beach area. They had the band Stephen Cooper and The Nobody Famous band. We had a few drinks and some apps and stuck around till about 6 PM and headed out to go to Parker Johns up river in Menasha. Even though we stayed in between the markers on the entrance to the river. We still found rocks. Casey's Sunsation actually was stuck on the rocks. I had to pull him off and out of the channel. I had a little damage to props and some new scares to the skeg. Casey had some nice prop damage and skeg scars. All I can say if you have a bigger boat stay as close to the center of the river as you can and keep those drives up. With the rocks in this area there is no Mersey for your drives and props. So after the fiasco we headed onto the lake about a 1/2 mile from the boat launch. We went close to the boat launch hoping to see both Neenah and Menasha's Fireworks. We ordered Parker John's for diner and were hoping for delivery. But that was a no go. They only had one driver. So we sent a friend in to go get the food and she brought everything back out to the boats. Which worked out great! Watching the fireworks on the boat is still my favorite! I felt lucky and blessed to be able to sit out with my family and friends and enjoy the sky light up! We are so lucky to live in this country! I hope everyone else had an amazing night! I have some teaser photos for you below as well as a video of the fireworks from the boat. I hope you enjoy the photos! See all the photos - Photo Gallery