It was a glorious weekend indeed. Lots happened this week- we placed our children in a private Christian school this year and Monday was their first day. We had thought about homeschooling them again but everything worked out for them to go to the new school so we are excited, though it means we probably are not leaving next week to do the great loop! :) Our son also has started football and our daughter cheer. Saturday we had their "Jamboree" which was a series of 20 minute scrimmages between several different teams so Saturday until lunch was spent cheering on the football field and having fun.
The weekend weather was amazing though. Gone, at least for now (and hopefully for good this year), are the 105 degree days with high humidity. This weekend had highs in the low to mid 80's and the Saturday night the low was around 60. Plus Saturday night had a forecasted meteor shower! Can you say perfect??!!
So- Saturday afternoon we got up to the boat and cruised over to our favorite cove to anchor out.
The evening was peaceful to say the very least:
It was so nice to be able to be out all afternoon, evening, and night and not need the generator running for the air conditioning! It was so peaceful and beautiful out. Just before we went to bed I could resist hopping in the kayak and paddling out a bit from the boat and just looking up at the stars and all the meteors. So peaceful on so many levels. I loved looking over and seeing our boat sitting there at anchor with the cabin and pilothouse lights on, stars and the universe as the background, my family safe aboard, just pure bliss.
The dawn was just as wonderful, with mist rising up off the river as the sun came over the horizon:
I may have mentioned previously why we like this particular cove so much for anchoring. Not only is it just about the perfect size for our boat, well protected from weather, currents, and winds, surrounded by a state park on all sides of the cove and completely wooded with deer and blue heron everywhere, there is something even better that boaters and cruisers can appreciate...a small dock at the back end of the cove with a grassy spot we can take our dog, Daisy, to shore to! :) Sarah and I are on our morning run (you can see our boat very far in the distance on left side of cove):
Ours is the 4th boat from the left...small spec out in the distance:
And coming back to the mothership with Daisy and Sarah:
After breakfast and our "boat church" that we do as a family on Sundays when aboard, we spent the morning fishing out of the dinghy around the edge of the cove, went for a long dinghy ride at full throttle around Harrison Bay, went swimming, relaxed, and finished off the afternoon with a nice slow cruise around the area just enjoying the sunshine and being on the water.
