Over the years, every time I got a new boat my wife always got to go out on the first trip. We considered several options about where to launch last Saturday. Our first choice was to fish for triploids below Chief Joseph Dam but thought it would be too smokey. We thought about a few other places and decided to put the boat in at Roses Lake, near Manson at Lake Chelan. It was still smokey, but not as bad as other areas. She was excited to get the first ride and also wanted to be sure everything was on board when I took it out with others. She made sure there were enough lifejackets, fire extinguisher, horn, first aid kit, etc. She knew the engines on the Thunder Jet Luxor from Mark’s Marine in Hayden, Idaho were working, as I was taken out for a test drive when I picked up the boat, and the Minn Kota Instinct bow mount worked perfectly. I launched the Garmin Live Scan pole, as well, and that worked great. She was duly amazed at all the features on this boat and is eager to get out and really do some fishing on it.