Its about 8 miles from the docks to the island. It is wide open deep water. We are 100% dependent on the weather. When we took that shed out there the other day, the news got it wrong. The hurricane had our winds coming from the north. North winds are not good for a load going out there. We were sideways in the ditch in 4 and 5 foot swells. I wasn't worried about that shed, but had I the tractor or the ranger, it would have been canceled. It was rough enough where I handed the helm to a nephew and I went and sat down with some cold water. I was on the verge of spewing!!! The reason I am using the pontoon is the barges down there charge $500 a trip. Plus everything has to be unloaded by hand as fast as you can get it off. With the pontoon I can do it myself. I have a tremendous amount of building materials for the house. I have built pallets and lashed everything I have to pallets. So when it is time for that pallet/s I use the front end loader at the house to lift them onto the pontoon boat. When I get down there I use my old tractor to unload them.

The whole thing looks fun. Wayne, your projects inspire me and scare me at the same time.

Lola i thank you for pulling for me. Here you go. I have hunted it a few times. It is not good for coastal hunting as you can't hide it. It was built to hunt rivers and lakes. It vanishes when you park it up under a tree.

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So far as the island. Technichally it's an island but it is called Matagorda peninsula. Matagorda island straight douth of Port Oconnor is where the public land is located. The peninsula is east of the public island.

I was going to ask if you were going to "re-purpose" your pontoons once you got done using it as a barge, but it looks like you've already been there and got that t-shirt.