Every time I drive by some house in Tucson that has a boat I think to myself that they must be bad with money. Where is the closest place that you could even use the thing?! Then calculate the extra gas to haul it there and back, and yearly registration or other fees.
It's not like Arizona is loaded with lakes you need boats for.
When I bought my house two years ago, my neighbor had a boat. They aren't my neighbor anymore because they got foreclosed on.
I know what you mean with the boats. Originally being from Indiana we wouldn't pull boats more than about 30 to 40 minutes. These people are pulling them a hard 3 hours of highway driving. They make more of a weekend out of the situation rather than a day thing like we would do in Indiana. I was blown away last year when I found out one of the guys I played basketball had 3 snowmobiles here in Tucson. I was like WHAT??? It seemed so ridiculous but I figured he would take them up to Flagstaff or something. He takes them to a place called Happy Jack, Arizona. It ended up being some of the best riding I have ever done. The way the snow was up there A person could have went every weekend for about 2 months. There were endless miles of trails and amazing views off the rim. I couldn't believe it.
I've heard of Happy Jack, even spent some time exploring the area on google street view, but haven't been. Seems like my type of place though. You take any pics from that trip?