Outdoor Family Adventures: Day One - Ice Cream Curise vs. Cruise to Nowhere

We made it - day one is down. 15 hours moving the boat. I can't really say sailing the boat, although we did have the sails up some of the time. The entire day the winds blew against us, we decided to motor instead of tack. Since we were a little further away then our preferred destination due to the engine issues, we decided that we just wanted to slog through as quick as we could and use all available daylight to our advantage.

We left at first light, about 4:30 AM, here is our last pictures of our last official home port:

And Dad, this photo is just for you, do you recognize it? I promise, the only reason we were this close was because it was tied up to the dock, engines off :-)

The day progressed with out any incidents. We even saw several groups of little spinner dolphins. Outdoor Boy saw them and promptly told us it was good luck, just like in a story we finished listening too. The picture was kind of difficult but here was the best one. You can just barely see the fin of one of them sticking out of the water. They would travel in groups of 4-6 and we saw several different groups.

You can just make out the Narrows Bridge in the distance.

Here we are going under the Narrows Bridge. WooHoo! - going with the current and some wind, making good time.

But then, the tiny wind was gone. The kids had fun being our look out. Making sure we were not going to run into anything and being dolphin, sea lion, other wild life, and train spotters.