Let's go boating!

Couple days ago the family invited us out on the lake. We had a great time cruising around with the furry children and I think they enjoyed it too! Despite Ivy being such a water hound, I think being in the middle of such a great expanse of water still worries her. She did chill pretty well though, and had a blast flinging herself off the boat to reach us while we were out swimming.

There's a nifty sandbar out in the middle of the lake where the water's no more than four feet. On this sandbar grows an 'ole knarly cypress tree. In the middle of the lake. A tree. It's a pretty peculiar thing to see. Because of the low water, boaters often gather 'round the area to drop anchor, wade, cook out or just relax. Speaking of anchors. Apparently my father isn't too good with knots--as we lost ours! It took a bit of spreading out and wading around to find it. Which was quite fortunate that we did, as we figured it was good as gone. There's been more than once that someone's found a lonely anchor under the waters around the tree.

Javyn made such a face in all the pictures, though I know she must have liked cooling off in the water. Swimming around? Not so much. She's more of a "take-a-dip" kinda dog I think. Though she may grow to like it more with continued exposure to boating and being out on the lake.

Evening started to fall. It's really nice out on Wappapello Lake at dusk, pretty sunsets and cool air. After all that swimming, the dogs were pretty pooped and just wanted to sprawl on deck. After turning up the motor, Ivy decided it was probably safer to crawl into my lap. xD

A satisfying day.