Jarrod Bought a Boat!

It was a beautiful day in Orlando

last Sunday!

So we were invited to go boating with 

an old friend and his girlfriend.

Jarrod just recently bought a boat

and needed to put hours on it before

its first checkup? 

Apparently that's a rule?

Whatevs.

We met Jarrod out in Oviedo 

to pick up his boat.

Took a few selfies in the car to make sure the new camera

was working!

Boat Makeup! Yes I put makeup on for boating...
But the makeup has sunscreennn! So I tell myself it's acceptable.

Ooooooo Oviedo...

This is their Snapchat filter...

That's all I have to say about Oviedo...

So we picked up Jarrod's boat!

When we took it around the other side of the barn to

wash it off, was where things got creepyyyy.

I know... I know - I'm being dramatic, but I felt like

I had just walked onto the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movie set.

These pics don't do it justice. 

After hosing down the boat, we headed

off to Cocoa to drop the boat in

the Banana River. 

Don't worry - No alligators, just sharks.

This river is a mix of freshwater and

saltwater to make brackish water.

THANKFULLY we saw no sharks,

just a few dolphins :)

And we're off!

We passed by so many beautiful sail boats!

It makes me miss having one!

A couple hours in we stopped for lunch and a quick dip!

That fin is a dolphin fin!

Ricky and his orange. Thank goodness it was an orange, because 

a banana on the Banana River is apparently bad luck!

#goodtoknow

Eventually, I got tired of being the one

taking all of the pictures, so 

while the two lovebirds took a dip, 

I forced Ricky to play photographer!

Let it be known - cheeky bottoms are in!

Tell your friends!

Wondering where to buy a cheeky bottom?

Liquid Ambition has a great

selection and they are Florida

Locals!

The bottoms I have on are reversible! They have

adorable little pineapples on the other side!

Moving on...

After lunch we started the long treck back.

So I made myself comfortable... per usual.

We followed a boat named Liquid Vegas.

I imagine it had a slot machine inside.

If I had a boat named Liquid Vegas - I would

have a slot machine inside, along with a poker table.

I really got a kick out of all the different names

of the boats that were out there.

Some people have quite the imagination.

Had to take a pic of this sail boat. It looks EXACTLY like the one my
family had when I was growing up!

We passed by a boat graveyard.

Or I'd assume this was a boat graveyard.

There was SO much corrosion - and as someone who has 

written a lesson on corrosion for ships, I know that it is ONE BIG

NO NO!

*WASH YOUR BOATS PEOPLE!

Saltwater corrodes and will cost you

tons of money in damages.

So I'd hope its a ships' graveyard.

It sounds much more exciting if its a graveyard anyways.

After about an hour of cruising on idle...

we finally made it back to dry land.

Sunday Funday Boatday was a grrrrrreat success!

Thanks Jarr Bear!

A New Crew

I love boats.

I feel like my love of boats came at an early age.

I basically grew up on sail boats, canoes, and kayaks.

I am kind of a boat pro - so when I realized that

my high school didn't have a crew team I was devastated. 

But I was patient and waited a few years until I got to college.

My first year at UCF I decided that I was going to try out for the

UCF crew team.

It was a long two weeks of tryouts on the erg, 

but I made the novice team with 

no problems.

Our first practice in the boat out on the actual water, 

I fell in love with 

rowing.
I was a natural. 

I made top boat within a few weeks and stayed there.

Slowly but surely,
rowing became my life. 

If I wasn't at practice,
I was putting in extra time on the 

erg to get ahead,
or I was hanging out with my team. 

I knew it was true love when I decided to give up my spring break to spend

6 hours a day at the boat house practicing. 

Rowing was the first sport I seemed to be natural at. 

Where I didn't have to work twice as hard

just to keep up with my teammates. 

Our coach would take videos of our practices and use ME as the good example.

But sadly, all things must come to an end. 

When my grades started to suffer, I had to make the hard

decision to leave the team and focus on school.

For years I have missed the feel of being out on the water and 

the camaraderie of a crew. 

I didn't realize that there were crew clubs for adults until

a few nights ago when a friend of mine told me that her

husband was in a club!

I've decided to give it a try! Message sent! I will keep you

posted on if I join or not :)