May 31, 2014. Ridgeland, Mississippi. The Boat Show.

It was the smallest boat show I have ever attended, which meant it was perfect for me. Ken loves boats. Perhaps growing up on Georgian Bay gives a person an affinity for being on the water, and that may be why Ken loves to be near boats, or on boats. Over the years we have attended many boat shows. In Mississippi, we live on the Ross Barnett Reservoir. One of the aspects of living here that we like is we see lots and lots of boats, which pleases Ken. When we arrived on Tuesday, Ken spotted a sign for a boat show, just down the shore from us. It was to be the first ever boat show on the Reservoir. Of course, today we were there before they opened but as it was all outdoors on the parking lot we just wandered around looking at the boats. It was a good show with about 75 boats on display. There were lots of pontoon boats and fishing boats, some ski boats and sail boats, and a few kayaks. We talked to the vendors and asked zillions of questions about the differences in the pontoon boats. But the best part was that after just over an hour, we were done and we were ready to go home. We had wandered past every boat at least twice and circled the whole show too. This is my idea of a good boat show.