Goodbye Old Friend
It’s hard waking up without one of my best friends for almost 20 years. She has always been there for me through the good and the bad and has introduced me to so many wonderful people that are still great friends. She has been a bit costly and high maintenance through the years but worth every penny for all of the great times and great friendships we have made. She has only left us stranded a handful of times and it was usually either at a bar or with plenty of friends and booze which isn’t all bad. And even looking like hell she didn’t scare away Tammy on our second date and Dixie I think immediately fell in love with her. The Pink Flamingo will be forever missed and can never be replaced. I think both of us looked sad as I left her last night for the final day as her owner.
The Pink Flamingo in Arizona 
So funny. I found you blog while looking at houseboat remodels. I’m working on a Steury houseboat. 1979. Just this last weekend I put another houseboat I own on Craigslist. I bought it about 5 years ago and paid a guy almost 9k to restore it. After 4 years I finally got tired of the excuses by the marine repair guy and went out to check what needed to finished. It had not been touched at all except to gut it. OMG. Anyway I thought I’d sell it now because I already bought another. I got tons of calls but I just couldn’t do it. So, I still own a 1971 Sea Lander. As I was looking on here to find ways to fix it up, I thought of the pink flaming and found you again. Low and behold, you’ve bought a Sea Lander. Ha ha 🙂 Ed (earussell@pacbell.net)
Sorry about the other boat but it’s awesome to hear of someone else with a Sea Lander, especially the same year. I haven’t been able to find too much information on them unfortunately but will be posting the updates here. I’m contemplating cutting into the top of the pontoons to install a holding tank and fresh water tank but was hoping to find someone else who has already gone that route so please let me know if you have found any good information on them.