Sophia's First Boat Ride

Sunday

February 1, 2009

Three months and 1/2 day old...

Sophia made her first

trip out on the old bass boat!

With her cheapo(returned) red life jacket buckled,

she hit Lake Okeechobee, Florida, to see the sites.

She was looking like a little bobber.

Please note we were in an idle zone for the first part

Steve and Louie as we make the turn into the lock

(I think Louie is panting because he was nervous

about Sophia being in the boat. It was not hot)

First stop...gator in the water!
There are more than a few gators down there.

Common Moorhen

(Gator food)

Very hard to photograph Belted Kingfisher

they tend to fly off before you can get close.

Al accepting the Sophia hand-off

when I went for the Osprey photo.

(It was in the godparent contract fine

print, must accept all hand-offs

land or sea...)

Osprey on the ground

very unusual to see

Anhinga

Hawk staring us down

(photo by Steve)

After our short ride, the girls exited the boat.

Guys went back out fishing for a couple of hours.

This is the only photo they brought back...

not much caught worth taking a picture of!

(photo by Al...I guess that makes it an AL-a-gator)

I think Sophia had a good time...

she was warm in all the layers.

When the boat stopped she was antsy;

while running she was all good to go.
Main thing...she didn't scream hysterically

when the motor cranked!