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Here come the kids:) Our daughter Kate and our three grand daughters Alana (4) Abbey (3) and Mayme (6mnths) joined us on the boat around 7:00. Our son Josh was unable to join us as he was busy working at the opposite end of the country in Alberta (maybe next time). This was the 1st time on the big boat for the girls so we were all pretty excited and maybe a little nervous. When Alana came aboard her first question was "Nanny why is the boat moving"? Sweet. Joyce and Kate were well prepared for the kids and had lots of little games and activities for them below and above that they thoroughly enjoyed. Mayme eventually hit the hay in the aft cabin while we slowly motored around the harbor. It was a really nice evening but started to cool off as the sun started dropping so we had part of the enclosure down which kept everyone pretty comfortable with a few blankets to boot. Halifax is a large harbor and they situate a barge in the center for the fireworks which draws a lot of boat traffic it looked like there were more than 500 boats of every shape and size, some with skilled skippers and properly equipped boats with navigation lights and some without (row boats you name it). The fireworks were a little late due to boats crowding the barge and after the coast guard chased them away the sky began to light up off shortly after 10:00. Our sleepy grand kids seemed to enjoy them even thou it was way past their bedtime (troopers for sure). Now that the fireworks were over the real excitement begins trying to get back after dark with running over any small unlit boats or getting run into by skippers who were a little over indulged. Joyce suggested we wait for some traffic to clear so lit up the boat spread light anchor lights etc.... Joyce and I have blue tooth head set so that we can talk to each other bow to stern regardless of the wind or noise. Joyce kept a sharp look out on the bow while I slowly motored home at about 4 knots even at this speed and with all of our lights on we still had unlit boats cross directly in front of us, go figure. We were back on our mooring by 12:00 and our tender operator Scott was good enough to stay an extra hour to wait for us. All in all a great 1st experience for us and the kids.
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