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We took a trip back to Virginia to
introduce Mia to my parents and to attend a boat show in Annapolis.
Mia was a little angel on the plane and Amelie got to watch TV for
the first time on the airplane. |
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We went to a park on a bit of a chill day,
so Mia got bundled up and kept Grandma warm. |
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Sue had a three-week old baby Sam that we
got to see, and he is doing great. |
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Sue's first boy, Henry, had fun playing
with Amelie. He's about two-years old. |
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We went to the falls in Great Falls,
Virginia. It was a very cool park that we walked through. |
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You can scroll over to see this picture in
it's entirety. I started using a program called AutoStitch to
put panorama's together because it's just insanely easy to do. So,
that's why you'll be seeing more
panorama's from now on. |
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Amelie continues to climb on anything she
can. She's got a great sense of balance and it's neat to watch her
use her feet. I love it that she's barefoot all the time, it's so
nice. |
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Amelie saw a girl posing like this for a
picture and had to take her turn. |
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The boat show was a lot of fun. We went
there to see the Maine Cat 41 foot catamaran. We climbed all over
the other catamarans there and ended up finding the Maine Cat to be
the most comfortable and well designed boat of them all. The problem
is that all the other catamarans were designed for the rental
market, which is all about 'beds and baths', to quote the designer
of the Maine Cat, Dick Vermeulen. So, they'd have two bathrooms
within feet of each other, and a bed in each end of the hulls. On
the other hand, the Maine Cat put two beds in the middle of each
hull to reduce rocking. |
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This is a nice panorama of the Maine Cat
41 cabin. The wheel is in the middle and totally enclosed to keep
you out of the weather.
It's just a sweet boat. It's also $400k, so I don't think we'll be
picking one up anytime soon, but it's a nice dream boat. |
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There's mesh in between the two hulls at
the front of the catamaran, and Amelie and I had fun using it as a
trampoline. |
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Catamarans are really wide (23 feet), so
it's hard to park it in the harbor. With the solar array on the
boat, you never have to plug into dock power, which is really cool.
Only one other catamaran had solar, and it was a 48-foot boat that
cost $1.7 million. That's Dick, the designer, at the left of the
picture. |
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We signed up to take the boat out on a
test cruise in the harbor and we all got to steer it. It was very
stable and easy to steer. |
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Naomi had no problem steering with the
baby Mia in tow. |
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This boat is so easy to steer, even Amelie
gets a turn. |
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Inside the boat it's not too crowded at
all. Some catamarans were so narrow that we could barely walk
through the hull. |
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After the boat show we went back to
Virginia to continue visiting with my parents. My Mom had a birthday
October 9, so Amelie got into the spirit of it. Her expression does
seem to be saying, "this is not cake!" |
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My mom took us for a country back-road
tour, and it was pretty neat. There's a lot of cool scenery,
including this barn. |
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My mom had a ton of toys for Amelie to
play with, collected at garage and rummage sales for all the
grandkids she gets through there. |
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I love the cat stickers all over her
dress. |
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Amelie is hilarious when she tries to kick
the ball. It's effective, if unconventional. |
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Until next time, we'll see you out on the
ocean! |
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