For the final weekend of our boating holiday, we had our old friends Stillman and Ester and their two lovely girls for a visit. They were on their way back from Switzerland visiting Ester's family and stopped in Toronto for a few days before continuing on to Saskatchewan to meet up with Stillman's fam.
We were worried the two girls might get bored on the boat, but that did not happen - they found a hundred things to do to keep themselves occupied: swinging in the hammock, going for dinghy rides, exploring the hidden reaches of the boat, taking photographs, colouring, and even helping out a lot with the cooking and dishes.
I met Stillman in university and he's one of the very few people I've kept in touch with over the years, but we haven't seen each other for at least seven or eight years so it was a long overdue visit. They had recently moved back to Florida from Washington, D.C. and lived conveniently right on the Intercoastal Waterway so we expect to see them again very soon.
We spent one night on the boat in the marina then sailed over to Hamilton Harbour and spent the second night anchored out. We toured them around our favourite spots on Lower James Street (including Grandad's Doughnuts, of course) then had a great night just hanging out in the cockpit catching up.
After an amazing brunch back in Stoney Creek at the Innsville Restaurant, we parted ways. Stillman and the family left for their airport hotel and we drove back home to hang out with Stella for the rest of the day.
I usually do a big calculation at the end of these trips to tally how many miles we traveled, but this year I don't need to as we barely went anywhere! But that was our plan and I must say I had a most enjoyable vacation and felt like I'd been away from work for months. Which reminds me, we will soon actually be away from work for months, but that will be the subject of the next post....
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