Yesterday we headed up to Sun Up Bay to visit some friends and spend the day.
I, unfortunately, did not get any pictures of the early afternoon activities of playing in the lake [pooping on the shore], and Bob & Etta kayaking. (Etta kayaked like a BOSS. She got to borrow a kid's kayak and paddled all over the place. So proud of her!)
Mid afternoon we got to head out on their boat. This is when Mae turned to me and said, "Mom, I'm gonna remember this day FOREVER!"
It was a very good day.
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| Ethan ready to head out. This is 0.7 seconds before he went into total screaming meltdown mode. |
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| Getting ready to go. |
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| "Mom! Take a picture of that boat to show Grandma Cynthia!" Look close. |
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| Mae and Louis catching some wind. |
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| Russell was not so super happy about wearing the life jacket. I learned yesterday that we do not say "no" to him very often. Much to his detriment. |
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| Unhappy baby selfie. It was loud. |
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| Etta & Louis getting ready to tube. |
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| Louis, "Etta, you were way more fun to tube with than I thought you would be." |
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| I finally decided to not fight him. I laid him on the floor, he thrashed around a bit, then he passed out. |
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| They loved the boat! |
Thanks for the great day Jim & Sarah! Until next year ...
We had a great time with your family on Thursday! Thanks so much for coming out.
ReplyDeleteSince you have the picture of the Aqua Villa Houseboat, I just have to share some history. That houseboat (and a few more like it) is the reason my family is at Sun-Up Bay. My grandpa was a carpenter. When business got slow in the early 60s, he rented a warehouse in Spokane and began building houseboats. When he couldn't find buyers for the boats, he went into the rental business. He quickly realized that he needed a consistent place to rent them from. He got in touch with the original homesteader of Mud Bay (recently renamed to Sun-Up Bay) and struck a deal. My grandpa would have a five year lease at $1/year in exchange for building a bridge over the creek that split the property. If he was able to clear the logging waste and make something useful out of the swampy land, he would be able to purchase it. He went to work creating a boat harbor and flattening spaces for mobile homes. By 1970, it looked quite a bit like it looks today. We sold the houseboats when I was little in the early '80s, but the owners of that one still rent a space from us. Louis even has an old advertising sign for the houseboats in his room at home.
Thanks for the background Jim! You just never know. We really enjoyed our time up there.
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