Lake Toys

Chris didn’t waste any time getting his new toy.

Our dock the first day we arrived here for the summer on July 3:

Our dock exactly one week later with our new boat attached to it: 

It’s great to actually ride around ON the lake that we love to look at from our house. We enjoy going on sunset cruises. The swim platform on the back is my favorite spot for sunset viewing.

Chris has been playing around with the best way to tie up the boat to the dock. He tried switching it to the other side but trees blocked our view of it from the house. He is a little paranoid about the sustainability of his knots. One day a boat that looked very similar to ours went floating past. Chris did a double take thinking maybe our boat had come loose! The boat has been moved back to where we can keep a better eye on it.

Two things we’ve discovered from having the boat:

• Our absolute quiet when we sit outside is gone. There is now the almost constant lapping sound of water hitting the boat. I’m not thrilled about that but it doesn’t seem to bother Chris.

• Chris took the boat out on his own one day and discovered it goes a lot faster without me on it. Again, I’m not thrilled about the implications of that fact (ha ha) but getting the boat up to 40 mph definitely didn’t bother Chris!

Ryan was the first brave soul to get pulled behind the boat:

The boat is also somewhat of a toy for our granddaughter. She loves to crawl around in it while we are docked. It’s like a giant playpen for her where she is safe and can’t get into anything.

Life jackets are a requirement for both dogs and kiddos.

Our other lake toys (so far) are our kayaks. Savannah got to go for a ride on Mom and Dad’s kayak train.

Lovin’ the lake life....!