We live adjacent to the Lachine Canal. It is a canal that runs 14.5 km from the Old Port of Montreal, to Lake Saint-Louis. We have seen it almost every day over the last 5 years, yet we have never been on a boat ride. Our condo association provides kayaks and canoes, yet we have never borrowed one. The first few summers, we travelled extensively, and thereafter we had young children that we deemed too small to take along on a boat ride.
Recently, our daughters have been interested in watching boats, canoes and kayaks sail by. The other day, my husband suggested we should take them out in a motor boat. So it was that this last Tuesday, we headed down to a boat rental place a few blocks away, and rented a slow motor boat for 30 minutes.
During the first half of the ride, the girls sat calmly next to their father who was steering the craft. Thereafter, they decided they wanted to go back and forth from the front seats (next to Mama) to the back of the boat. They also took turns steering. We somehow managed to dock the boat before anyone fell overboard!
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| Looking at some passing boats |
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| Enjoying their first boat ride |
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| Driving the boat! |
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| Enjoying a cool snack after the boat ride! |
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