long weekend fun

Grandad Joe came down to celebrate his 60th year with us this weekend and we thought it was a perfect excuse to get out on the water! It had been a little while since our last trip out to the islands. After the Saturday farmer's market, uber-touriste surrey bicycles along the Ventura waterfront, yummy fish tacos, and a night of babysitting to enable A&Z to attend a lovely wedding for my colleague and her betrothed from the cast of Workaholics* in Malibu, we got up wicked early and headed to Island Packers at the Channel Islands harbor on Sunday. It was a little brutal after dancing up a storm** the night before, but in the end well worth it!

The sun came out to greet us on the boat as we neared the islands:
After a foggy morning start:
And which Island you ask?


This is actually the best shot if each of us in one frame:The birthday boy and his grandson hamming it up:
Micah took this shot of us:
We easily hiked around the small eastern island:
The iconic arch, frequently sighted from Ventura on a clear morning:
On the boat ride back Levi would not stay still for a single minute. He particularly delighted in hurling himself to the edge of the boat rail with the keel of the boat.
It was real fun.
These guys also played along the side of the boat too:
Sadly this was the first ride out and back to the islands that I did not see any dolphins...

Skipper Levi:
One of the great things about visitors who are into photography is we get some great shots of the boys:
All in all a great (exhausting) weekend.
*shameless promotion. You should watch it, but don't expect to get it unless you are in the prime demographic of males 18-24; Zack and I are apparently 19 year old males because we laugh our asses off.
**Actually I am not a 19 year old male. I'm old. I do not remember hurting myself, but I awoke to a partially immobilized left knee from some imperceptible dance injury. Sigh. This does not bode well for the palm springs girls' weekend later this month.