Chimney Bluffs

Welp.

Our second trip out on the boat has validated my dream for finally having a boat and being on the water. 

We did, however, notice that something wasn't quite right after we launched.

And to our horror, we ended up being those assholes when we launched our boat. LOL.

Steve was SO concerned with all the little things and the big things - THE DRAIN PLUG - that he forgot to remove the tie down straps from the trailer to the boat. LOL. I can't even.

I'm sweating my ass off trying to pull the boat off the trailer (only having Mila to help me) and every time Steve pulled the truck out of the launch, he'd drag me with him. Like WTF is happening?

A very nice Captain, named Mark came over and helped. He was like "it's caught on something"

Haha.

Hahahaha.

Our friend comes over and is like "did you undo the tie downs?" and as soon as he said it, I started to laugh.

Here's the thing. Steve and I don't yell at each other during stressful times like this (arguing is a whole different story) but in these types of situations, we just never fight. It's weird.  Quick side story: we once built a shed out in the searing heat in July for 10 hours straight and never once got in an argument). 

So Captain Mark is like "wow, he didn't even yell at you" and I'm like "well, first of all, it wasn't MY fault that he forgot the tie straps. I went and did my job, which was pay for us to be there, get the kids ready, got our ropes out, fenders out. Sunscreened the kids, got the lilypad situated, so um...yeah, he's not yelling at me."

But here's the other thing. Steve doesn't get flustered that easily. Like the world could be collapsing and he'd be like "okay, well, let me go get a drink of water first" lol. He's just not that guy.

So he's just laughing at himself for forgetting to undo the tie downs.

And as he's walking back from parking the truck and trailer, I yell out "WELL YOU WOULDN'T BE STEVE RUPLE IF YOU DIDN'T DO THAT."

Because this is his life. Everything like this happens to him. We were shocked when we took her out on our maiden voyage and it went smoothly. LOL. 

He just hung his head and laughed. 

ANYWAY.

After that hilarious debacle, we got out on the water. 

And then he realized that he couldn't get to top speed. It was lagging.

We could then we couldn't. I could feel the engine roaring.

But we finally did get her going. 

Their favorite spot

Boating with friends 👏

I had been watching the forecast all week because at this late stage of summer, you just never know. It had been forecasted to be cloudy, but warm. Like, not even partly sunny. Straight up clouds.

The drive up was nice leaving Canandaigua, sunny and warm. As we got closer to the Point, it was much more overcast. 

Then when we actually launched the boats...the sun was peeking, but still very cloudy. 

I didn't have high hopes for any sort of sun. 

Anyway, we get to the Chimney Bluffs and Rich hopped on our boat. After driving it around a bit it was determined it had something to do with the prop, RPM's, and weight in the front. I dunno.

But man. 

Once we anchored...this is my dream come true. Minus the clouds. 

See? Clouds. So many clouds. 

#mytwoboys

But then...the sun started to come out! I was so happy to see that things were clearing up. Rich took his family for some wakeboarding fun while we anchored and hung out. 

Sunny enough that we had to get the Bimini up

BEST INVESTMENT EVERRRRR.

#happy

My girl. 

We spent a decent amount of time together on the sun pad, just chatting and eating snacks. Nothing better. 

Ava took a break in the shade. I was a little worried about her mood...she wasn't overly excited...

On the sunpad getting my tan on

Daddy-Daughter time

But then, after just sunbathing, Mila and I went over to the little beach to find sea glass and other cool rocks. This perked Miss Ava up and she wanted to swim over also and hang with us. I could touch (just barely) getting out of our boat and the water was SO warm. 

Trista and I hung out on the beach and chatted while all the kids played. We went back and forth a couple of times to get drinks, help kids, etc. and it was just perfect. 

The clouds moved out of the way and the sun came out and it ended up being literally the most perfect weather. It was 80 and sunny. 

Looks like we're missing one kid. I love all of these kids so much. Trista and I are secretly hoping for a Schimpf/Ruple wedding. 

Rich's boat. Such great shape for also being an older boat (I believe it's also a '94). 

#myhappyplace

I cropped our boat out of this pic and sent it to Rich. His boat, alone on the water with the big, blue sky is just too pretty.

After the Bluffs, we took a nice boat ride before going back to the dock. We didn't have any issues getting up to speed, but we definitely need to look into it. 

The Schimpfs

Literally, so handsome.

#myhappygirl

We had an amazing time and I cannot wait to do it (at least) one more time before summer is over. 

When we left (around 5pm), the girls did NOT want to get out of the water. It took Ava a bit of time to get into the right mood but once she was having a good time, it was hard to get her to get out of the water. 

They found some really pretty BIG rocks and kept swimming them over to the Lily Pad. They were convinced we were going to take them all home. I kept telling them to go back and find more rocks and they easily swam back and forth, back and forth, carrying large rocks for like an hour. It was hilarious. Like, they must've been tired!

I was like "I see a shiny one way over there!" hahaaha. My poor kids. 

They slept like ROCKS (haha pun, intended!).

Sun, fun, and great friends. There's nothing better.