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Josh’s oldest sister brought up her magnificent boat and we took it out yesterday.
Despite a morning filled with constant vomiting from Josh’s nephew, we prevailed, and the little guy managed to recover enough to enjoy the rest of the day. I was the tour guide, having worked on a cruise boat for a summer back in ‘99. We put the boat in at the marina a half mile away from our house. We traveled from the bottom of Lake Washington, under the I-90 bridge, past Bill Gates’ house (which we oohed and aaahed over), and under the 520 bridge. Past the U of WA, into Lake Union, through the Ballard Locks and out into the ocean. We traveled behind Bainbridge Island and had dinner in Paulsbo before heading back. The entire trip took 12 hours with sunny temps until evening was upon us and we shivered under our life jackets and ate Milano cookies for warmth. Overall, it instilled an even deeper desire within Josh to get a boat. Check out boating pics on flickr.