More Sailing Pics

I just couldn't resist posting a couple more Parker pics from our day out sailing last weekend--they're too cute to keep to myself!

Ahoy!

We are the happy, lucky owners of a 1984 Montgomery 15! We used to have a Lido 14, but didn't use it once Parker was born. We felt like it was finally time to move up to something that we felt comfortable sailing in with Parker, and an M15 was always a dream boat of ours. We found just the right one up in Auburn, CA, and drove up there to pick her up a couple of weekends ago. This was our second day out sailing in "Lil' P," an afternoon out on Mission Bay. Parker seems fine with sailing so far, although he really needed a nap on this day, and just couldn't fall asleep down below. He tried out steering a little bit--maybe he'll learn how to drive with a tiller before a steering wheel?? We're hoping to hang on to Lil' P forever, but we just may have to move up to something even bigger some day--something in, I don't know, the 36-foot range perhaps?

Kayaking in Mission Bay

We had beautiful, warm weather last weekend, so we met up with Grandpa Geoff in Mission Bay; he was exploring the bay on his kayak, and we tooled around in our boat. We met up on the water for lunch, and Jared and I tried out Geoff's kayak with Parker--he loved it! He couldn't wait to climb down into the kayak, and was excited to try out paddling all by himself. Now we know that we can take him out on our tandem kayak, so we can all go paddling together! Parker had so much fun out on the water that he didn't take a nap all day...but as soon as he was back in his seat at the launch ramp, and before we had even pulled the boat out of the water, he was crashed out asleep. He was sooooo tired--look at those lips!