After The Tenth..... When The Fun Really Begins

When its Memorial Day weekend and you are a Florida baby, is there any better way to spend it than on the water? Yesterday, Macy got to enjoy her SECOND Lake Sylvia raft-up in as many weeks. For the land-lubbers in the group, let me explain a raft-up. When a bunch of boat owners and their lucky friends head out for an afternoon of fun and socializing they find a common area and tie a number of vessels together to form a raft-like structure. Once connected, the flotilla becomes one large social event, where people have food and drinks and casually walk from boat to boat and swim in the surrounding area.

For the past two weekends, we've been guests upon Da Hui, Tom's boat, and have joined the fun at Lake Sylvia on the Intracoastal. Last weekend besides introducing Macy to boating, we also introduced her to salt-water. She didn't seem to love it, but I think it was more the uncomfortableness with the life preserver than anything else.

This weekend in honor of the holiday, we broke out some new toys, which went over much better. Here are some photos from both boating trips. Happy Memorial Day to all of our friends and family and all of those brave individuals who have made this country safe and free, and make it possible for us to spend a weekend eating, drinking and boating. (Oh..and especially to our friends with boats!!!)

In case you were wondering...yes, we are a little paranoid about protection from those harmful UV rays.....