Dad's First Ferry Ride

While my parents were visiting it also happened to be Geico's annual family picnic. We had prior plans so we only stayed at the picnic for a couple of hours. Riley had a blast though. They had a large jumping house, a balloon man, and shaved ice.

Nathan also got in on the fun.

It was a bit chilly but glad we all brought our sweaters and jackets.

He also found boys his age to play with. We've been noticing that Riley is good at soccer.

After the picnic we resumed with our initial plans. We went back to Seattle but this time we took the ferry. My mom has been on the ferry a couple of times before plus she remembered how cold it gets out on the deck so she stayed in the car with Sydna and Nathan. I definitely wanted my dad to check out the ferry but before we headed out I changed Riley into warm clothes.
On the way to the ferry we stopped by Jimmy John's, took it to go and ate in the car while we waited for the ferry to arrive. Jimmy John's is so good.

I'm pretty sure my dad loved the ferry ride. He kept looking out at the water and the boats sail by. And I'm also sure he was freezing too, lol. Riley wouldn't leave grandpa's side. They were always together.

I love taking the ferry ... isn't the scenery gorgeous!

We drove off the ferry, headed towards the shops and parked. Glad we found parking close to where we were going. Sydna was my mom's walking companion.

We went to Mora for some ice cream. Riley was being grabby. I glanced over at him and he was scooping out some of my dad's ice cream and eating it while holding his own. Bad boy! and of course, my dad didn't mind. Riley told me, "we're sharing". This kid.

We hoped to have been able to do some sightseeing while on Bainbridge Island but Sydna had to go in to work so that didn't leave us with much time. Bummer.

I was just happy to have shared this experience with my parents and that my dad got to ride the ferry.