ahoy . . . .

our good friends don & tina invited us to go sailing with with on the willamette and columbia river. of course we jumped all over the offer. i have always wanted to go sailing and love to be on the water. don had been sailing for years and has is own sail boat and was able to teach/show us some really cool stuff. i thought at one point we might tip over when were were turning and a big gust of wind caught our sail. it was so beautiful to be out on the water and to see the portland area like i have never seen it before. i have been on ski boats on the river but there is just something about sailing and peacefulness of it. i have included a couple of pics of our adventure. thanks don and tina for taking us out. hopefully we can do it again soon :)

this was the scene just after we left the dock. isn't it beautiful. it was the perfect day to go out on the water!

here is ty & i enjoying the ride.

here is a fellow sailor. i just think sail boats are beautiful against the blue water.

here is a huge ship docked for cleaning in the fresh water. apparently the fresh water kills are the stuff that builds up on the bottom of ships while at sea - who knew.

lastly, we came rushing home to see our rilynne!!! we couldn't take rilynne with us on the boat so our good friends ty and cassidy watched her. sailing was fun but we sure missed her.