Hear me out.
Firstly, I will say we are OVERWHELMINGLY grateful for everything we’ve been given! Our camp spot is absolutely a gift from God, and we could not feel a deeper sense of belonging than we already do. Along with our camp spot, we were gifted a golf cart, to make transport WAY easier for Brady! What a HUGE gift!! Then, last summer, Dekker was gifted a kids kayak! Everyone uses it, and it is SO fun for everyone! Meanwhile, our kids get invited to join others on boats, adventures, and events with friends. We have everything we need. Please hear me heart. I am NOT ungrateful.
I truly would just like a moment to bang my fists on this keyboard and shout “WHY ARE BOATS SO EXPENSIVE?!?!?!?!”
As we sit on the beach, we stare at the boats docked in the lake. How amazing would it be to have a boat we could take out, jump off of, float around on, have picnics on, listen to music on, bring friends along, fish, crochet, read, tan, etc etc etc. It would be SO fun. And honestly, very our family’s speed.
Except there are many of us, and we need sturdy. Which means we would ideally have a pontoon boat. But goodness, have you SEEN those things?! They are STUPID expensive! As in thousands and thousands of dollars! There is simply no way, haha! And that is FINE. Because we are absolutely NOT without! But goodness! Have boats always cost this much?!
So with that off the table, I’ve been investigating getting a couple more kids kayaks or paddle boards or something fun like that! I saw a couple of years ago, a place in Swift was dumping off probably a hundred paddle boards for $10 each. They were, of course, immediately gone, but it left me with a false hope that they wouldn’t be SO expensive to find second hand.
I was mistaken. They are NOT inexpensive. Not at all. I am incredibly grateful that people are so willing to share at our beach, because there is NO way we can have multiples of these things! It makes me feel a little guilty that we’ve been given the one kayak to begin with! Yikes!
Anyway. All of this is just a little rant. Be assured I am NOT asking for anything! I’ve had to learn to be very careful on here because so many of you just jump. Which is INCREDIBLE. But I assure you, no one is asking for a handout. One is more so just cheap and cannot fathom how these things are SO expensive! Has it always been this way? Or just since camping got trendy during covid?