Once again this year we made our pilgrimage over the 4th of July weekend to Grandma Amanda's sailboat! We look forward to it every year, and since the house closing was moved one blessing that came out of it was that we had the weekend free to go sailing this year!
We decided to head out on Thursday night after work and avoid the bridge traffic that we knew would be there on Friday, and that was a great decision. We had zero traffic on the bridge and arrived at 9:45. The kids explored the boat and then it was to bed with all of us!
Friday was a cold an cloudy day, unfortunately, so we decided to not go sailing that day but instead go play at the playground under the bridge and have a picnic lunch, with chips (fries) from the chip truck. Saturday we did get to go sailing though, with beautiful blue skies and very few boats out on the lake! On the way out a freighter was coming in, so we got to see that as well. Then, both kids took a nap while sailing so Jon and I got to relax a bit as we sailed. Heaven!
One of the fun things we did with Eli this time was take a dinghy ride in Mom and Terry's dinghy. Eli wasn't sure at first but then LOVED it! We had a good time tooling around the boats and the little river connecting different parts of the marina. We even came upon Matea and Grandma sitting in the cockpit of the Marie Claire. :) And once again we discovered that one year olds are the perfect age for the boat because they can explore but not get in to anything! We had a great time sailing, and I'm ready to go back!
2 comments:
Missy, you really got some great pictures of our trip! Thanks for taking them -- and then going through and posting them after we get home. :-)
Hey Missy...I just found your blog! Cute kids, of course :)
(How do you know all the Hagers?)
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