Boating & Dinner

On this years summer vacation we went to a local couples house (someone my father-in-law) knows. They invited us out to dinner one night. We left the kids at the house with nanny my in-laws brought to help with the kids.

The couple lived along one of the water canals that leads to the ocean and they have a boat. We all got into the boat and head up the channel and off to dinner. Talk about a fantastic way to go have dinner. I would have never in a million years dreamed I would be boating, docking and fine dinning all at once. This is something I think rich people do, not me.

My biggest regret, I forgot to take the camera. All through the channel we saw dolphin after dolphin. They would be right in front of the boat, right beside the boat, etc... I have never been this close to them before in their natural setting. I loved it!

We boated for about an hour and then docked at a docking area that had several restaurants. We ate dinner and then it was back into the boat. Now here is the part I didn't like... Off in the distance was a lovely thunderstorm. The sky was beautiful and all lit up with pretty colors and lighting everywhere. We drove really fast but we were also headed straight into the storm. I kept saying a prayer over and over again because it was a bit scary being on the water and surrounded by lighting. We docked just in time because as soon as we got into their house it started pouring down rain. It was an amazing light show with all the lightning, I was very glad we made it back before the rain hit.

Have you ever done something like this?