When I was 8 my dad bought a little run about when we were in Central California for the river up there. We moved to San Diego and upgraded to a little bigger of a run about, 18' Gradywhite, and had boughts pretty much into High school until he sold the boat to help my sister through college. I was mad.
about 8 years ago I bought this
For $200 and restored it. (Photo to be posted later)
I was able to take it on the bay, lakes, and all that but when we moved the new place did not allow for me to keep it. Also it was an old boat and would have costed me more to keep up than it was worth, so Father Joe was given a nice donation.
Other than that it was me waiting for friends who owned boats to call and ask if I wanted to join them. I realized I was missing a lot of time on the water and took it into my own hands and searched out Kayaks. Now I'm hooked and I love it.