Today, in honor of Memorial Day, Carmageddon takes to the high seas! OK, so it was actually the Potomac River but it was still the perfect way to honor a sailor. The Don showed his usual enthusiasm for our proposed tribute (that would be none). Our wonderfully entertaining friends, Jamie & Kim Mills along with their 4 great kids and a few assorted friends invited us to spend a day on their super cool boat.
All hands on deck
The Workyn Remote III is a sleek speed boat with an amazing sound system that broadcast an endearing selection of patriotic country songs, hard rock and a little pop. Needless to say, the boating neighbors knew when we were nearby. After loading up with a ton of rafts, floaties, life vests and other paraphernalia for water related fun plus enough food to feed the Mongol Hoards and the entire marina crew (yes, Kim brings a full lunch for the crew at the marina) we were ready to set sail.
Lunch is served
The weather was perfect and as we discovered, the water was not too cold. OK, when I first jumped in it was cold but after a few minutes it was actually refreshing and pleasant. The Mills oldest son,JR, was following us out on the jet ski which I have knick named, “Where’s the remote?” It seems that when JR and his buddy were attempting to break the sound barrier on water we often couldn’t see them, hence “where’s the remote?”
J.R. & friend aboard “Where’ s the remote”.
The kids took turns either riding on the jet ski or attempting to be thrown from the jet ski when Jamie was driving and towing them on a raft. They also floated along side or behind the boat on the floaties. They seemed to be having such a good time that Kim & I decided to join them.
Life is good.
Don decided to stay on board as any water that isn’t bath temperature is unappealing to him. Matt seemed to enjoy himself as well while he was driving the jet ski in search of boats with all female passengers. After a few hours the kids were clamoring for food so Jame-O fired up the grill and the cooking commenced. Honestly, we had numerous appetizer choices to warm up with then the main course of hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage & peppers with macaroni salad, potato salad, coleslaw, fruit bowl and washed down with amazing brownies seemed to satisfy everyone. Jamie did seem somewhat perplexed when cooking my veggie burger, “Hey Susan, how do I know when this thing is ready?” I did get a perfectly grilled burger and not too many strange looks from the kids. Soon after supper it was time for another round of swimming.
He spent more time in the water than in the boat.
We then made a pit stop back at the marina to park the jet ski and then headed out to the open water to see just how fast this baby could go.
Preparing to tie Jason & Damian to the bow.
We skimmed the water as we were going full speed ahead and on a boat that size the cavitation wasn’t bad at all. Suddenly, we came upon a swath of what seemed to be flotsam but turned out to be a lot of timber, logs & branches that must have washed off the shore when we had our recent bout of flooding. Jamie deftly maneuvered his way through the mess & we were once again pedal to the metal (or is it fiberglass?). As we headed back to port Jamie tried to skirt around much of the debris and once back at the marina we were able to park & unload without a hitch. It is always a good time when the Russos and Mills have a get together. Thank you Jamie, Kim, JR, Jack, Karley & Jason for sharing a most memorable Memorial Day with us!
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