On Sunday afternoon, we boarded our little boat that we inherited when my dad passed away and tooled up and down the Hudson River for a few hours. We are so blessed to live in such a beautiful part of the country and seeing it from the water just reinforces this for me. : )
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| There are so many beautiful homes that overlook the Hudson. |
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| A perfect spot for fishing!! |
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| The flag is at half staff for the Marines that perished in a helicopter accident two weeks ago. Several of them were from our area. So incredibly sad. |
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| A short but sweet reprieve from the sun. |
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| You can keep all of those big houses overlooking the river. I'll take this one!! : ) |
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| This tour boat was heading to a place called Bannerman Island. It's a tiny island in the middle of the Hudson that has an old castle on it. Parts of it have been restored for people to visit. They even have movie nights where you can go and watch on outdoor movie under the stars. : ) |
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| Bannerman Island. |
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| Kayakers. |
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| Our little town offers kayaking lessons on the weekends during the summer. Apparently, business is booming!! |
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| The Captain of "The Rip Tide" (aka my honey). We named the boat after my dad whose nickname was "Rippy." |
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| The first mate looking for land. |
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| Land ho!!! |
Hopefully the first of many boating excursions this summer. We haven't been out on the water for two years. Last summer, Jim worked so much overtime due to his company being shorthanded and the summer before that we were getting our old house in order to put it on the market. We swore we'd be on the boat this summer though and, wouldn't you know it, we saw a butterfly when we arrived back on shore. A butterfly is one of my dad's signs to let us know he's still around.
Amazing grace!! xoxo
