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Speaker 1 (00:00):
To Michael Berry Joe, Captain Sally, Welcome to the program.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Man, Well thank you, how are you this morning?
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Where have you been hiding all my life? I just
got the nicest review on you as the airboat operator.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Why are you known as Dragon Lady Airboats?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Well? I think I'm a super nice person, but apparently
my friends think I breathe fire find the time.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Really, I guess so.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
So when I started my business, I was going to
just go with a simple name, but they said, no,
you're the dragon Lady. It needs to be Dragon Lady Airboats.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Well, you know what's amazing is is people are afraid
to do anything that's kind of outside the norm. It's
so memorable. Right if you were Smith Airboats or Jones
Airboats or whatever else did, they would have forgotten. But
Dragon Lady Airboats, you remember.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
That absolutely, and I want them to remember their trip
as well. I try to make it a bucket list
trip for every single pasa.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
When did you start this business?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
About eight years ago? Nine years ago?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
And what were you doing before that?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I was teaching school and science and decided I needed
to be outside. I tried to take each class outside
and get them involved in wild life and off their telephones,
off the distractions of life. And so I just decided
(01:32):
to get my captain's license. And I actually did it
the hard way. I could not have a small child
at the time and could not leave town to go
to a two week course to get my captain's license.
So I learned everything I needed to know and then
went and took my federal tests, passed everything with flying colors,
(01:54):
got my license, and started my business.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I would guess you would be a great teacher. I
can tell that you enjoy knowledge and learning. You sound
very pleasant, and you have a wonderful voice, like a
very nice present.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Very much.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yeah, what did you very much?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Science? Chemistry, physics, biology, earth science?
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Did you teach it all?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Everything I did at Community Christian School?
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Oh? Well, okay, all right? So where are you from Florida?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I am originally from Melbourne, Florida.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Okay, how did you end up so you went to
you went all the way through high school?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
There? No, Actually, when I was young, my father moved
out to Texas. So I got into airboating because at
age fourteen, my father went on his first airboat ride
and decided that was all he ever wanted to do. So.
I grew up in the outdoors in the airboats. All
of our family experiences were in an airboat, making trails, exploring.
(02:56):
So I just fell in love with the outdoors, fell
in love with airboat boats, and I build air boats
with him as well. We have American airboats in Orange.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Oh, that's the one I was talking about. Yes, and
then I was telling this story about that. Y'all. Are
I think you're on the north side of it ten
at about Simmons Drive. Yes, sir, the Hogans. Do you
know the Hogans? The Hogans used to live us.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Absolutely, we own the home that they owned.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Oh, you're kidding. My dad used to work with mister Hogan.
We used to go over to that house all the time.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Oh, they're amazing people.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Do you own that house? Wow? What a small world.
I know that house very very very well. My dad's
going to be tickle peek.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Oh very cool.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
So, what what is your last name?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Floyd?
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Sally Flo? Who's your father?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I'm Floyd is my father.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
It's a wonder I don't know him. What so American
air boats. I've called him before. In fact, I called
him to spec out an airboat. It's a long story.
But it's it's it's been a few years ago. I
wanted to buy a boat from my brother and my dad.
Uh well, it's a long story. I'll tell you off air.
But anyway, y'all still make the airboats.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
We sure do.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I mean, do you sell per year?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Oh anywhere from thirty to fifty.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
How much does an airboat cost?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
They average around one hundred thousand these days?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Okay, And what is the what is the I don't
know bout what do you call the part that the
platform that you stand on.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I don't know the proper term an operators platform?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, well, no, no, no, not the elevated but the
act you know, when you when you push the boat
into the water, what do you call that piece of
metal that you drop into the water?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
The bow?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
The bow? Okay, that's what I thought that was called
a bow. And then so you y'all don't make that
there you bring that in?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
No, we make it as well. We don't produce the
drive train, but we produce pretty much everything else.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
And what kind of drive tren doy ill use? What
engine is it?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Right now? We are primarily using a pleasure craft Marine
LSx seven point four leader naturally aspirated engine.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I was going to ramon, was wondering if it was
naturally aspirator or not. Okay, hold on just a moment.
Captain Sally of Dragon Boat, Dragon Lady Airboats, she's adorable.
This is this is the Michael Arry show.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yeah, that's the one May.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
And so we got Captain Sally on the line. She
lives in a house that I know very well because
my dad was friends with the owner. And it's American
Airboats that I could not remember the name of. That's
right there off of I what a small world. Of course,
it's a small town. But in any case, Captain Sally,
how much does a tour take? How much does it cost?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
So I take private adventures only, and you can have
up to six passengers. Shu's last for about an hour
and a half and it's five hundred dollars.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So the six passengers I've had the boat of it
was four and then two up in the captain's chair,
right you and the other person, Yes, sir, okay, And
you said they can have five or they can have six.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
They can have a total of six.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Where is the sixth person?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
I have two down on each side of me, down
low okay. So that's three passengers in the front, three
passengers across the.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Deck, and it's an hour and a half. Yes, sir,
And where do you put in? Are you over at
Bluebird or are you over at y'all? Where are you
putting in?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I do put in at Bluebirds. I meant my passengers
there at the dock, and I have trails that are
right there. So we are immediately on some really fun
trails that are almost like off roading in a jeep,
but we're in a boat.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Were you part of that? Were you part of the
English guy that came in and did the airboat tour?
Was that you? No, okay, there was an English.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
We started airboat rides to there when we first moved
to Orange in nineteen eighty eight and had Supergator tours,
and then I started mine about nine years ago.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Is every airboat custom made?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
For the most part, We have kind of standard features
that are proprietary to us, and then you pick what
color engine, additional lighting, power poles, whatever extra features we discussed,
and we build it customized for you.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
How does an airboat compare to a traditional boat If
somebody has owned boats in what ways is it different
that we wouldn't expect.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
We can traverse dry land, shallow water vegetation that no
other boats can get through. They're very smooth. I have
almost every single trip I take out, I get the
comments that they are surprised at how smooth the airboat is.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Interesting. How many days a year do you think you
go out?
Speaker 2 (08:12):
At least two hundred?
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Wow? And are you the only one doing it?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
What does your dad think of all this?
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Oh, he's very proud, very proud. Well, of course he is.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
He should be.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I have been driving airboats by myself since I was
nine years old, driving commercially for him at fourteen years old,
and it is just in my blood. I absolutely love it.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Ramon said, you're out on a turkey hunt this morning.
You took our call out on a turkey hunt.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I did, I did, and I did shoot my turkey.
And I'm giving him a couple of minutes to bleed out.
It's both season and so we are following the trail.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
How good are you at archery?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Well, I've got my first turkey. I never shot a
turkey before, and I'm first time I've ever shot a crossbow.
To be honest with you, but I have been fortunate
enough that you hand me a rifle some other weapon,
and I'm usually dead on.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
You're my kind of girl. Do you do a turkey?
Call yourself?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
No, I do not.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
There's somebody there with you. Do it?
Speaker 2 (09:28):
No, Actually they I was hoping to shoot a deer
this morning. I've been watching some really nice books come
into my feeter, and these turkeys just would not leave.
So I took the opportunity to get a turkey with
a crossbow as well.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Well, I'm no expert in that, but that's supposed to
be very difficult.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
It is very difficult. They do not they do not
sit still. They are constantly moving, and it was definitely
a trick to get a good shot.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Where are you hunted?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Where, Serita, Texas? We've got a little rants down here
close to Kingsville.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Are you married?
Speaker 2 (10:07):
No? I am not.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
But you have how many kids? Do you?
Speaker 2 (10:10):
I have one sixteen year old daughter.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
And is she involved in the business, No, sir.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
She wants to be a doctor, and so I'm doing
everything I can to keep her focused on that.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
You don't see. You don't see airboat tours in her future.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
No, sir, I think that's.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I think that's just fantastic. So you says about an
hour and a half for the tour. What's the most
tours you've ever done in a day? Six six tours.
That's a long day. You're starting pretty early.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
That's a very long day. And so I not only
do these hour and a half trips during the day,
but I also offer really neat adventure that is a
sunset trip, and we leave out about forty five minutes
before dark. Watch the sun go down out through the
trees in the marsh or the swamp, and then we
spotlight alligators and bull frogs, and it's just a little
(11:05):
bit more mysterious out there. And a very very cooler adventure.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Probably go through an entire ice chest on that That
sounds like a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Hey, I cater to the group. They're welcome to bring
their ice chests with whatever they'd like.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
I love that you are putting Orange in such a
positive spotlight. I grew up in Orange. I left, but
I have very very fond feelings towards the people and
the place. It is very, very very good to me.
I grew up before you were on. I was telling
the story because I was talking about the airboat place. Obviously,
I didn't know that was your family's place. But I
(11:41):
grew up in Riverside like everybody else I knew. Grew
up in Riverside, and then we moved over near Western
Starks High School, and then we moved out to Orangefield.
I actually lived in Mclewis if you know where that is.
I ten and sixty two. Yes, yeah, yeah, it's a
great place to grow up. I wouldn't change it for
the world. Wonderful people. I think this is the neatest
(12:03):
thing ever.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Captain Sally, Well, thank you, and I feel very blessed
because we have got a little hidden gem of a
swamp that I'm able to traverse and take my passengers
back through the Blue Elbow Swamp.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
And it's for some reason Ramon found a Turkey call
and feels the need to interrupt our conversation with it.
But he's very excited. He's already called his wife and
they're going to be coming to orange to take his
two boys on an airboat tour. He's extremely excited. How
booked up are you?
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I stay extremely booked up, So it's best to call
about two weeks in advance. Well, if it's a holiday
coming up then sometimes even more than that, I have
waiting lists.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I suspect that's going to get a whole lot worse
after this conversation online. She is dragon Lady Airboats. You
are just adorable. Thank you for being on with us, Captain.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Sally, thank you for having me on, I sir, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Yes, indeed, how about that, Ramona. There's so many neat
people around, you know, if if you just keep your
mind open, there's so many interesting people. Things that people
think are you know, average run on the mill. You
get you get them talking, and you realize people are
just fast. I mean, she interrupted her, she shot the turkey,
(13:23):
she's letting bleed out, has a conversation and goes back
to get.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
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To Michael Berry Joe, Captain Sally, Welcome to the program.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Man, Well thank you, how are you this morning?
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Where have you been hiding all my life? I just
got the nicest review on you as the airboat operator.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Why are you known as Dragon Lady Airboats?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Well? I think I'm a super nice person, but apparently
my friends think I breathe fire find the time.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Really, I guess so.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
So when I started my business, I was going to
just go with a simple name, but they said, no,
you're the dragon Lady. It needs to be Dragon Lady Airboats.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Well, you know what's amazing is is people are afraid
to do anything that's kind of outside the norm. It's
so memorable. Right if you were Smith Airboats or Jones
Airboats or whatever else did, they would have forgotten. But
Dragon Lady Airboats, you remember.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
That absolutely, and I want them to remember their trip
as well. I try to make it a bucket list
trip for every single pasa.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
When did you start this business?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
About eight years ago? Nine years ago?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
And what were you doing before that?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I was teaching school and science and decided I needed
to be outside. I tried to take each class outside
and get them involved in wild life and off their telephones,
off the distractions of life. And so I just decided
(01:32):
to get my captain's license. And I actually did it
the hard way. I could not have a small child
at the time and could not leave town to go
to a two week course to get my captain's license.
So I learned everything I needed to know and then
went and took my federal tests, passed everything with flying colors,
(01:54):
got my license, and started my business.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I would guess you would be a great teacher. I
can tell that you enjoy knowledge and learning. You sound
very pleasant, and you have a wonderful voice, like a
very nice present.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Very much.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yeah, what did you very much?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Science? Chemistry, physics, biology, earth science?
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Did you teach it all?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Everything I did at Community Christian School?
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Oh? Well, okay, all right? So where are you from Florida?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I am originally from Melbourne, Florida.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Okay, how did you end up so you went to
you went all the way through high school?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
There? No, Actually, when I was young, my father moved
out to Texas. So I got into airboating because at
age fourteen, my father went on his first airboat ride
and decided that was all he ever wanted to do. So.
I grew up in the outdoors in the airboats. All
of our family experiences were in an airboat, making trails, exploring.
(02:56):
So I just fell in love with the outdoors, fell
in love with airboat boats, and I build air boats
with him as well. We have American airboats in Orange.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Oh, that's the one I was talking about. Yes, and
then I was telling this story about that. Y'all. Are
I think you're on the north side of it ten
at about Simmons Drive. Yes, sir, the Hogans. Do you
know the Hogans? The Hogans used to live us.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Absolutely, we own the home that they owned.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Oh, you're kidding. My dad used to work with mister Hogan.
We used to go over to that house all the time.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Oh, they're amazing people.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Do you own that house? Wow? What a small world.
I know that house very very very well. My dad's
going to be tickle peek.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Oh very cool.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
So, what what is your last name?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Floyd?
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Sally Flo? Who's your father?
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I'm Floyd is my father.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
It's a wonder I don't know him. What so American
air boats. I've called him before. In fact, I called
him to spec out an airboat. It's a long story.
But it's it's it's been a few years ago. I
wanted to buy a boat from my brother and my dad.
Uh well, it's a long story. I'll tell you off air.
But anyway, y'all still make the airboats.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
We sure do.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I mean, do you sell per year?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Oh anywhere from thirty to fifty.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
How much does an airboat cost?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
They average around one hundred thousand these days?
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Okay, And what is the what is the I don't
know bout what do you call the part that the
platform that you stand on.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I don't know the proper term an operators platform?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, well, no, no, no, not the elevated but the
act you know, when you when you push the boat
into the water, what do you call that piece of
metal that you drop into the water?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
The bow?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
The bow? Okay, that's what I thought that was called
a bow. And then so you y'all don't make that
there you bring that in?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
No, we make it as well. We don't produce the
drive train, but we produce pretty much everything else.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
And what kind of drive tren doy ill use? What
engine is it?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Right now? We are primarily using a pleasure craft Marine
LSx seven point four leader naturally aspirated engine.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I was going to ramon, was wondering if it was
naturally aspirator or not. Okay, hold on just a moment.
Captain Sally of Dragon Boat, Dragon Lady Airboats, she's adorable.
This is this is the Michael Arry show.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yeah, that's the one May.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
And so we got Captain Sally on the line. She
lives in a house that I know very well because
my dad was friends with the owner. And it's American
Airboats that I could not remember the name of. That's
right there off of I what a small world. Of course,
it's a small town. But in any case, Captain Sally,
how much does a tour take? How much does it cost?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
So I take private adventures only, and you can have
up to six passengers. Shu's last for about an hour
and a half and it's five hundred dollars.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So the six passengers I've had the boat of it
was four and then two up in the captain's chair,
right you and the other person, Yes, sir, okay, And
you said they can have five or they can have six.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
They can have a total of six.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Where is the sixth person?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
I have two down on each side of me, down
low okay. So that's three passengers in the front, three
passengers across the.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Deck, and it's an hour and a half. Yes, sir,
And where do you put in? Are you over at
Bluebird or are you over at y'all? Where are you
putting in?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I do put in at Bluebirds. I meant my passengers
there at the dock, and I have trails that are
right there. So we are immediately on some really fun
trails that are almost like off roading in a jeep,
but we're in a boat.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Were you part of that? Were you part of the
English guy that came in and did the airboat tour?
Was that you? No, okay, there was an English.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
We started airboat rides to there when we first moved
to Orange in nineteen eighty eight and had Supergator tours,
and then I started mine about nine years ago.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Is every airboat custom made?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
For the most part, We have kind of standard features
that are proprietary to us, and then you pick what
color engine, additional lighting, power poles, whatever extra features we discussed,
and we build it customized for you.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
How does an airboat compare to a traditional boat If
somebody has owned boats in what ways is it different
that we wouldn't expect.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
We can traverse dry land, shallow water vegetation that no
other boats can get through. They're very smooth. I have
almost every single trip I take out, I get the
comments that they are surprised at how smooth the airboat is.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Interesting. How many days a year do you think you
go out?
Speaker 2 (08:12):
At least two hundred?
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Wow? And are you the only one doing it?
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
What does your dad think of all this?
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Oh, he's very proud, very proud. Well, of course he is.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
He should be.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I have been driving airboats by myself since I was
nine years old, driving commercially for him at fourteen years old,
and it is just in my blood. I absolutely love it.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Ramon said, you're out on a turkey hunt this morning.
You took our call out on a turkey hunt.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
I did, I did, and I did shoot my turkey.
And I'm giving him a couple of minutes to bleed out.
It's both season and so we are following the trail.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
How good are you at archery?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Well, I've got my first turkey. I never shot a
turkey before, and I'm first time I've ever shot a crossbow.
To be honest with you, but I have been fortunate
enough that you hand me a rifle some other weapon,
and I'm usually dead on.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
You're my kind of girl. Do you do a turkey?
Call yourself?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
No, I do not.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
There's somebody there with you. Do it?
Speaker 2 (09:28):
No, Actually they I was hoping to shoot a deer
this morning. I've been watching some really nice books come
into my feeter, and these turkeys just would not leave.
So I took the opportunity to get a turkey with
a crossbow as well.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Well, I'm no expert in that, but that's supposed to
be very difficult.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
It is very difficult. They do not they do not
sit still. They are constantly moving, and it was definitely
a trick to get a good shot.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Where are you hunted?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Where, Serita, Texas? We've got a little rants down here
close to Kingsville.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Are you married?
Speaker 2 (10:07):
No? I am not.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
But you have how many kids? Do you?
Speaker 2 (10:10):
I have one sixteen year old daughter.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
And is she involved in the business, No, sir.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
She wants to be a doctor, and so I'm doing
everything I can to keep her focused on that.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
You don't see. You don't see airboat tours in her future.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
No, sir, I think that's.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I think that's just fantastic. So you says about an
hour and a half for the tour. What's the most
tours you've ever done in a day? Six six tours.
That's a long day. You're starting pretty early.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
That's a very long day. And so I not only
do these hour and a half trips during the day,
but I also offer really neat adventure that is a
sunset trip, and we leave out about forty five minutes
before dark. Watch the sun go down out through the
trees in the marsh or the swamp, and then we
spotlight alligators and bull frogs, and it's just a little
(11:05):
bit more mysterious out there. And a very very cooler adventure.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Probably go through an entire ice chest on that That
sounds like a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
Hey, I cater to the group. They're welcome to bring
their ice chests with whatever they'd like.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
I love that you are putting Orange in such a
positive spotlight. I grew up in Orange. I left, but
I have very very fond feelings towards the people and
the place. It is very, very very good to me.
I grew up before you were on. I was telling
the story because I was talking about the airboat place. Obviously,
I didn't know that was your family's place. But I
(11:41):
grew up in Riverside like everybody else I knew. Grew
up in Riverside, and then we moved over near Western
Starks High School, and then we moved out to Orangefield.
I actually lived in Mclewis if you know where that is.
I ten and sixty two. Yes, yeah, yeah, it's a
great place to grow up. I wouldn't change it for
the world. Wonderful people. I think this is the neatest
(12:03):
thing ever.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
Captain Sally, Well, thank you, and I feel very blessed
because we have got a little hidden gem of a
swamp that I'm able to traverse and take my passengers
back through the Blue Elbow Swamp.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
And it's for some reason Ramon found a Turkey call
and feels the need to interrupt our conversation with it.
But he's very excited. He's already called his wife and
they're going to be coming to orange to take his
two boys on an airboat tour. He's extremely excited. How
booked up are you?
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I stay extremely booked up, So it's best to call
about two weeks in advance. Well, if it's a holiday
coming up then sometimes even more than that, I have
waiting lists.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I suspect that's going to get a whole lot worse
after this conversation online. She is dragon Lady Airboats. You
are just adorable. Thank you for being on with us, Captain.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Sally, thank you for having me on, I sir, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Yes, indeed, how about that, Ramona. There's so many neat
people around, you know, if if you just keep your
mind open, there's so many interesting people. Things that people
think are you know, average run on the mill. You
get you get them talking, and you realize people are
just fast. I mean, she interrupted her, she shot the turkey,
(13:23):
she's letting bleed out, has a conversation and goes back
to get.
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