Riverboat ride

You may remember that in June Bob had a big birthday and turned 60.  At that time we met Andy in Ohio and visited the Air Force Museum.  We planned an outing with our girls and families, but it's taken a while to find a date that worked for all of us.  Sunday we finally had our outing!
We all met after church to take a picnic ride on the Grand Lady Riverboat.

 Here she is - such a pretty boat!   We boarded at 12:30 for a 2 hour ride down the Grand River.

 Here's our group, waiting to leave.  We were on the top level of the boat.  Laura and Aaron were there with Alaina and Ruby, and Heather and Andrew were there too.

It was a beautiful day, sun shining with an occasional breeze which was very appreciated later in the afternoon.

Alaina was a great turtle spotter.  It seemed that nearly every log poking up out of the water had turtles on, enjoying the sunshine.

 Aaron took the girls to explore the boat after we ate our lunch.

The captain invited them into the wheelhouse for a few minutes, and told them to come back on the return part of the trip to have a chance to steer the boat.

 The scenes along the river were so pretty!

Grandpa was enjoying his time with the girls.

 Can you see the crane blending in with the riverside?

 These geese were enjoying a paddle too!

We shared the river with several other boats and kayaks.

This crane flew over us and landed in a tree.  He looks kind of big to be up there!

 Ruby got her chance at the wheel!

And so did Alaina.

It was a fun afternoon!