Our boat is afloat!

We've been anxiously awaiting this day since we returned from vacation and few weeks ago. The marina called today to deliver our boat. Austin had to meet them at the boat ramp and drive it home. We were so excited to finally get to see what it looked like (remember: we bought it mostly sight unseen). When I saw Austin coming around the channel at the west side of the lake, I thought to myself, "Wow, our boat looks a lot better than I expected!" When he pulled it into the dock we were super excited about our awesome purchase.

After we got the boat docked, there were a few things that didn't seem quite right.  I thought that our boat had an Evinrude engine, but this one has a Johnson.  I was also a little upset that the speedometer doesn't work, but oh well.  I also thought that our boat had the original "sea nymph" stickers on the side, but this one looks much better with the after market change.  We'll take it!  

 

I bought Hadley her first life jacket today, so that we could take our new boat out for an evening ride. It's a U.S. Coast Guard approved Type II (near shore) PFD with a high buoyancy rate. I made her try it on the in the store so that I could test the fit...she wasn't diggin' it! Because of that, I was a little worried about how she would do with the jacket on the boat, but she wore it just fine.

This was Hadley's first boat ride, so we didn't really know what to expect.  We brought along her bottle and some snacks to keep her happy!

We love our boat!