Here is Ella with Granddad and Meme. See how smooth the water was?? It was like a swimming pool. We were probably 50 or so yards out from the shore. It has been a long time since I went out that far, but it was just lovely. Another highlight of the weekend was that Grandad and Meme joined us!
I have never seen Star swim so much. She was either enjoying the calm water herself, or freaked out by us being out so far from shore and she was coming to "rescue" us. She probably swam out close to 25 yards, maybe not quite that much, but close. And she did it multiple times. She could reach the bottom close to shore, but was paddling the rest of the way. Little black spot in the middle of the picture is Star!
The little boat that has lived under the beach house for a year or so, finally got its 5 minutes of fame! Dad brought the motor down this trip and the boat is so tiny, Michael and Dad could pick it up and carry it from the trailer to the water. Addy rode the boat while the carried it, but definitely did not set foot in the boat while it was in the water!
You see that little speck right in the middle of the picture? That is Dad and Michael in the boat. I know I was not very optimistic that they'd pull it off, but I should have known that Dad could do it. Michael mentioned that the waves had more propulsion than the tiny motor on the boat, but the motor turned on and pushed the boat around a bit, so mission complete. Before the boat even hit the water, there was talks of getting rid of it and getting ocean kayaks - new project for Lee!
In addition to great weather and great company, we had plenty of great food over the weekend. Full of fresh gulf shrimp, homemade vanilla ice cream, donuts for breakfast, hot dogs with homemade chili, chicken cooked over a charcoal grill (I forget how tasty it is compared to a gas grill!), and smores! Smores = messy children
