Shaved on a Lake Shasta Houseboat

by Claude Dunn
(El Dorado, CA - USA)

I told my wife, prior to leaving for Shasta, I was going to shave my head. She said "Why not do it on the houseboat? I just cleaned the bathrooms!" I said, 'OK.'

The next morning we left for Shasta with some friends, boarded the houseboat, went to one of my favorite coves on the Squaw Creek Arm, tied up, opened a beer, and I went aft to shave my head.

I had just completed the right side, when I switched hands to do the left side; my hand hit the ladder to the sundeck, and the 2 week-old Remington Electric razor dropped like a stone, bounced off the deck, and blithely scooted under the rail and into about 30' of water!

Boy, didn't I look cute....right side-shaved....center- almost bald ....left side-long hair! Naturally everyone cracked up. (My buddy finally finished the job with scissors!)

They took a few pics w/my digital camera, but later I was trying to improve the landing area....I leaned over, the camera fell into the lake! I grabbed it quick as I could....but the Olympus never had a chance and drowned right then & there.

You may think it was a bad trip.....but I don't! Went on to have a fantastic bass & catfish fishing trip the rest of the week.

I did learn a couple of lessons:
1. Don't carry a camera in your breast pocket on a boat!
2. Don't listen to your wife! (even if she did 'just clean the bathroom!)