River Days

Despite feeling like the summer absolutely flew this year, I did enjoy some fun days on the water.  I'm still hoping for a few warm days to soak up some sun before going into hibernation and the boats are winterized and put away, but it seems the chances of this are dwindling rapidly...especially with the onset of fall weather earlier than usual and all the September weekends bringing rain to Virginia.

(Week)Day on the Mattaponi...

I took a much needed day off in the midst of significant changes (and long hours) at work to spend a day on the Mattaponi River with Sky, Cheryl, and friends.  We had a blast taking turns skiing, wakeskating (new water sport to me), and jet skiing.  To top off an already great day on the water, Sky's family got a 1/2 bushel of crabs for dinner.  In my eyes, there's nothing much better than picking crabs and a full day on the river!

Back home on Powhatan Creek & the James River...

 A little peer pressure convinced me to finally try something I never thought I would...wakeboarding.  My thought was that the fun wasn't worth the risk of injury.  Fortunately, it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought and no awful wipeouts...