A Beautiful Summer Day on the Water

Last Friday (July 3rd) we decided to take the boat out on the Sound with Jeremy, Sandy and their boys, Dylan and Evan. It was kind of last minute, but it turned out to be one of the best times we've had in a while. It was really hot, but the breeze from the boat ride made it feel so nice out.

Our bathing beauty...

Dylan drove for a while - I can't believe he's so old now!

Then the most exciting part of all... We saw some porpoises out by Johnson Point. It was so exciting. There were at least 4 of them.

So I looked it up online and learned that there are Harbor Porpoises, Dalls Porpoises, and a hybrid of the the two in the Sound. (And slight possibility they were Pacific white-sided dolphins.) Here are some links to a couple interesting articles and a video:

http://news.theolympian.com/specialsections/Critters/20020312/123019.shtml

http://www.whalenerd.com/PORPOISES.html

http://au.video.yahoo.com/watch/1801075/5949080

Sophia wanted to lasso one of them.

Griffin still enjoys his tongue.

Then we parked the boat by the Oyster House restaurant and took a break. We walked over to the water fountains to play and had hot dogs, popsicles, and gelato. What a great day!