Boating adventure on Mission Bay!

It was over 100 degrees in El Cajon on a Monday in April!  Dan and I couldn't take it anymore and closed an hour early so we could test-drive a boat we took as a trade in.  This is a 19' Bayliner fishing boat with a cuddy cabin.  We sent Nicholas home with Jeremy.  We launched the boat at Ski Beach on Mission Bay and drove out to the open ocean to see how it fared there.  This was a very smooth ride - not nearly as bouncy as taking one of the wakeboarding boats out to the ocean.   Back in the bay, we parked at the courtesy dock at the Barefoot Bar at Paradise Point and had dinner.  This was actually where we had our first date and, on that occasion, Dan had taken me for a ride in a boat he used to own (awww...).  Heading back to the launch ramp in the dark, we were stopped and boarded by the Coast Guard!  As it happened, we had forgotten to check for life jackets - not one on board! - and we did not have the registration with us.  But we chatted with the young men about our 20-year-old son who hopes to join the Coast Guard and they let us off with a warning.  How nice to live in a place where you can have this much fun and adventure after work!