Yesterday was a beautiful day, so when the kids got home from school, we packed up the boat and headed to the lake. It was a marvelous time. We cruised a bit, had dinner in the middle of Geneva Bay, fished for a while by Covenant Harbor (the camp my dad worked at), and Cyndie and the kids did a little "tummy"?! boarding. On the fishing front, Emma did great in needing no help to cast her line out and reel it in. Timmy did well as well (no throwing his new rod in the lake this time!). I caught a fish and had a few other nibbles as well. When the kids started getting bored of that, Cyndie pulled out the knee board and let them float around on that a little. Eventually they got brave and pushed off a ways (and then Cyndie pulled them back to the boat using the ski line). Then, to inspire them, Cyndie jumped on and we pulled her (pretty slowly) behind the boat, with her riding it like a boogie board. Emma tried that for a while (no wake, going really slow) too. I guess we'll call those baby steps. The water is still pretty cold, so I don't think that helped out at all!
Next Wednesday (the last day of school), we head to my sister Jane's house. She lives on the lake that I grew up at in Iowa. We're pulling the boat there, and we hope to have 6 or so days of boating, fishing, water sports, and hanging out with Auntie Jane! In preparation, Cyndie brought the boat to a canvas shop this morning to get bow and cockpit covers made. Good times!
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