Salty Dog

We finally got out on the boat again today. We kept meaning to take her out but we just had one thing after another come up lately.  We really wanted to get back out there for Cody - he loves the boat! He must have been an old sea dog in a former life.

Here he is having a heart to heart with Papa 

Bella just looked worried the entire time we were out. Here she is saying "Mom, this is not safe. I cannot begin to tell you the many things that can go wrong. We need to go home. Now."

Despite Bella's pleas, we motored over to an osprey nest we saw the last two times we were out on the lake. I was able to get better photos with my new camera.

Gotta love the stabilizer!

Then I saw this guy shopping for his lunch. Is he giving me a dirty look? I think I'm interrupting his hunting.

As we started to motor away, I spied yet another nest! This place is quite the birding spot.

Bruce took over the wheel and kicked it up a notch, making some tight turns on the water. Cody stood up front, leaning into the turns, wind flapping his ears. This dog has sea legs!

We'd been out for about 90 minutes, so we decided to head back to the dock. As we scooted back across the lake, Bruce noticed a float plane coming in for a landing. Now that would be fun - land your plane on a lake, have some beach time, then fly back up into the clouds.

We saw lots of fish jumping out of the water right around our boat, trying to catch insects on the surface. We weren't quite prepared to fish this time out, but by the next trip, maybe we'll catch a few. Cody is ready to be our guide!