July long weekend with 'The Family' [dahn dahn dahn daaaaaaahn]

Three generations of mechanically challenged Mara men stuffed into one engine room. (Dad told me to say that) They were trying to figure out what was wrong with Grandpa's engine. We think it's because he brought bananas on the boat.

Grandpa and Gerry arrived on Bella Fortuna and we took over the end of the dock at Camelot Island for the weekend. Dad told me that this is the exact dock that Grandpa and Grandma used to bring the 4 kids to on their boat during their summer vacations 35 years ago. It was neat for everyone to come back. Dad says that it's still as nice as he remembers except that the public is no longer allowed on Endymion Island because of a rare berry. We had problems with the camera so part of the picture is cut off.
This is Uncle Mike blowing on our conch horn. Everyone tried but not very many people could make a sound on it.
Mom bought marshmellows and all the things for s'mores. Yum!!! We had a camp fire every night there but it rained so it was hard to start the fire on some nights. This was the picture with the most family members in it... there's half of Uncle Mike, Uncle John without his head, Gerry,Uncle Jeff, me, Mom, half of Steve and Aunty Kay's arm. For Canada day, Mom bought a rainbow fire thing that turnes the fire different colours when you throw the package in. It was really cool. We weren't allowed to do fireworks there.
I went water skiing behind Grandpa's new Boston Whaler. It went reeeeeeeeally fast. Uncle Jeff, Uncle Mike and Dad went in our dinghy for some close up action (of me wiping out!!!).
This is Aunty Mary and our cousin Sean who we met for the first time. Aunty Mary is wearing Sean's hat. It was neat meeting him for the first time, allthough he did not enjoy his first boat ride...it involved gettting wet, cold, tired, hungry and getting stuffed into a lifejacket and bounced around in the dinghy. He was not happy when he arrived. But he enjoyed camping in a tent a lot more.