Sailing again!

We wanted to get another sailing trip in this summer, especially since the sailboat is up for sale. But the last time Matea was a bit of a handful (and took some of the relaxing part of sailing away). We thought it would be fun to go just with Eli and give him some extra attention from Mommy, Daddy, and the grandparents. So, my Mom graciously watched Matea for two nights so we could take off sailing – THANKS MOM!! :)

Who’s that peeking out of the front hatch?

Not one, but two Schneider boys!

Peeking out of the hatch was one of Eli’s favorite things!

We were so excited to sail (well, Grandma Amanda and I were SO excited to sail), and we couldn’t wait to try some swimming in the lake, right off the back of the sailboat. It was hot, but overcast, and Eli wasn’t too sure about swimming off the boat. He was sure it was not going to be as fun as the pool. He was partially right – even calm the lake has currents and movement, and it’s not as easy to swim in the water there as in the pool. Eli wanted tobe right next to the boat, but when the boat would rise and fall it would send up a splash right in to his face. Not what he wanted. :) And he had to be tethered to the swim line as well, which took some of the fun out of it. I still loved it – it is a really cool feeling to jump off the back of a boat in to clear, cool, deep water. But, just as we were all getting situated Grandpa Terry noticed storm clouds and lightening coming up the lake. UH OH! Everyone got out of the water quick!

 

Then we got the chance to sail (well, motor) in a storm. Terry and I stayed above (hey, I’m not missing my first storm on the sailboat, and I was already wet from the lake anyway). It wasn’t that bad of a storm, but we did have to motor around a while in the rain until the storm made it’s way up the coast and we could head back to the marina.

After the storm we did end up swimming in the marina pool, which was much more acceptable to Eli. :) And, we found quite possibly the coolest pool toy ever – the “Toypedo.” The marina had toys and noodles, and we could have played with this heavy rubber/foam? torpedo looking toy for hours. We ran out and bought one the next week it was so much fun actually.

It was time to go home and back to Matea much too quickly, but we made such great memories on the boat with just Eli. Hopefully next year (if the boat is still around) we can make more memories with both our kids (and I can get to sail more and more and more). :)