The Font of Terror

After some wailing and gnashing of teeth, Bumbo's name is now sportily emblazoned on the port quarter, using a stencil cut by Matt's brother Paul. First attempt on the starboard side came out a bit smeary after paint oozed under the stencil:



Sure, it has a cool, Halloweeny effect, but it's still a botch. Our friend Graham, who helped do it right on the port side, says it shouldn't be too hard to fix, however.

The port side was done by using a marker to trace the lettering from the stencil, then Matt and Graham (reviewing his work below) painted in the outline. The result: Way more better.



For you graphics geeks, that's 504 point Hultog, small caps, at 10 point expanded spacing -- the font of terror on the high seas.

Full pool ...

... or close to it. After a lengthy drought, Bumbo's home at Lake Lanier is just a foot and a half below its full pool level of 1,071 feet above sea level. Here's a view looking back at shore from the dock this past Sunday:



And the same view in December 2007:



The lake hit is lowest point right around Christmas at just over 1050 feet -- nearly 21 feet below full pool.