Rhodri, Will and I took a 30 minute sailing lesson on a little Hobie cat, and then we were turned loose in the wide ocean! Our Lewis family of 4 took the boot out for an hour straight after that, and then the next day we rented 3 Hobie cats and each one of us skippered a boat loaded with family members! Grandma Debi and Grandma Bucky politely declined, so it was just the 16 of us out there distributed amongst the 3 sailboats, but this ended up being one of our favorite memories of the entire trip.
Our little flotilla chased each other around and some of us even jumped overboard for a quick swim before climbing back up. Some of the small kids fell asleep while we were cruising around and the rest of us just enjoyed the hour of fun. It was a little tricky getting back to the landing spot. Rhodri ended up kayaking out to give me some moral support, but we got there in the end. The only bummer was that we didn't bring a camera to capture the glorious colors and smiles of the event but hopefully these are seared onto all of our memories. It was super fun. The fact that there was a guy with a jet ski on the shore standing by in case we got into trouble was reassuring too!
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