Brooke, an employee and new best friend of Julia's, surprised the kids and came along for the ride. Julia pretty much sat on her lap the entire afternoon. The kids had never been on a boat nor open water like this before. I had only been on the lake once before eleven or twelve years ago to try my hand at water skiing. Needless to say, we all loved it.
We spent a couple of hours on the water. Jonathan pretty much sat in the same spot, hands on the side of the boat, looking at the water and scenery going by most of that time. He never stopped smiling. He would sometimes want to touch the water, but most of the time he just sat there taking it all in. The more bumpy, the better. Each time we went over someone's wake the kids would laugh.
Stacey and I both loved it too. The area is absolutely gorgeous...which is why you see multimillion dollar homes along the way. Many famous people vacation around Coeur D'Alene for this very reason. It got us thinking that we should do this more often - either come up here and do more boating and the like each summer or see what we can work out around Colorado. It was definitely the highlight of our trip.
