When you're not in the water, you might as well be on it! We also did a good bit of boating this year, despite it not being the ideal activity for little ones. Mostly, we went for rides on the float boat, as it eliminates the possibility of tipping and allows for more movement from the squirmy little ones. It also makes for a lot of great photo ops :)
We went on one canoe ride with Ryan, and he did really well - it helped that we saw some baby mergansers along the way and we let him drag his hand through the water as we went... simple pleasures :)
Atticus had his first row boat ride, which he didn't appreciate very much on account of the life jacket.
Ryan also went tubing again this year with Mason, and enjoyed it so much more than last year!
One evening, Ryan was desperate to go on a boat ride, but it was nearing bedtime, so Nana offered to take him on a short ride in the Lucy Avery.... a very old boat that belonged to my grandfather (right, Mom?). He loved it!
... and finally, I have to include this one of my dad sailing. We got new sails this year, and I think they're so pretty!
Boating also allows for wildlife sightings, which tends to be pretty high on our list of goals when we're at Ampersand.
Ryan, with Aunt Monica
The loons were plentiful this year:
There was even one sitting on a nest! This was the first day Mom got a photo of her...
... and this was a few days later. We were very concerned that something had happened to her, because her head was so low. We generally try not to bother the wildlife, but we got to the point of tapping on the canoe just to try to get her to move. She finally did. Maybe she was just playing dead to try to get us to leave. Clearly, it didn't work!
Here is a group of mergansers that we scared off on one of our visits to Paradise Bay:
While I don't condone the practice of fishing, just to prove that there are in fact largish fish in the lake, here you go:
We also saw plenty of wildlife on land, too. It was not a big chipmunk year, much to our disappointment (and it was way too buggy to try to sit outside & train them anyway), but there were lots of red squirrels and bunnies. Neither would eat out of our hands, but they came pretty close!
We also saw some ADORABLE baby wood ducks with their mommy at the outlet.
And finally, not too exciting for most of us, but rather thrilling for Ryan, was the snake.
We went on one canoe ride with Ryan, and he did really well - it helped that we saw some baby mergansers along the way and we let him drag his hand through the water as we went... simple pleasures :)
Atticus had his first row boat ride, which he didn't appreciate very much on account of the life jacket.
Ryan also went tubing again this year with Mason, and enjoyed it so much more than last year!
One evening, Ryan was desperate to go on a boat ride, but it was nearing bedtime, so Nana offered to take him on a short ride in the Lucy Avery.... a very old boat that belonged to my grandfather (right, Mom?). He loved it!
... and finally, I have to include this one of my dad sailing. We got new sails this year, and I think they're so pretty!
Boating also allows for wildlife sightings, which tends to be pretty high on our list of goals when we're at Ampersand.
Ryan, with Aunt MonicaThe loons were plentiful this year:
There was even one sitting on a nest! This was the first day Mom got a photo of her...
... and this was a few days later. We were very concerned that something had happened to her, because her head was so low. We generally try not to bother the wildlife, but we got to the point of tapping on the canoe just to try to get her to move. She finally did. Maybe she was just playing dead to try to get us to leave. Clearly, it didn't work!
Here is a group of mergansers that we scared off on one of our visits to Paradise Bay:
While I don't condone the practice of fishing, just to prove that there are in fact largish fish in the lake, here you go:
We also saw plenty of wildlife on land, too. It was not a big chipmunk year, much to our disappointment (and it was way too buggy to try to sit outside & train them anyway), but there were lots of red squirrels and bunnies. Neither would eat out of our hands, but they came pretty close!
We also saw some ADORABLE baby wood ducks with their mommy at the outlet.
And finally, not too exciting for most of us, but rather thrilling for Ryan, was the snake.
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