Monday, July 13, 2009

Fouth of July Adventure, 2009

It began innocently enough, at Jungle Jim's Water Park.


Of course, when the fat man came down, he knocked over the life guards!
I'm proud of that...


The next day, the fourth, I showed the children the fine art of making dribble castles.

Caroline was not amused.

So Janice taught them the fine art of Boogie Boarding. Bethany went first,

Solo.

Caroline was next.

Solo!

Back home, they quickly enjoyed "crabbing."

Caroline filled a bucket with canal mud!

And she nabbed a crab!



After dinner...

...our neighbor, Captain Chuck, invited us out to watch the
fireworks from Assawoman Bay!

OK! Out we go!


Captain Chuck dropped anchor.

Janice looks on!









But then, the motor wouldn't start!!!
Captain Chuck was worried.

We remained calm.


Janice and her mom called for help. We signaled SOS (we think) with our flashlight. A neighbor, Ed, 12 sheets to the wind, came out to rescue us! We zig-zagged across the bay, hitting the shore several times. A Coast Guard boat arrived, too! We were saved!