Pioneer Hitty's: A boatload of adventure

Justin and I took advantage of the warm weather to explore more of our woods. We found the softest sand that just begged us to play in it.

We built mounds in the sand and thought of all the fun things we could build.

Justin went in search of some sea grass...or would that be wood grass?...whatever it was, he found a nice patch of it and started gathering some to use in our sand building.

It was so thick that he had to tug and tug to get an armload full.

While gathering wood grass, Justin felt something solid in the grass. He dug around until he uncovered a long forgotten sail boat.

I heard Justin hollering for me and went running. I was sure he'd hurt himself or found a snake or something. It turned out to be the or something. He happily showed me the sail on the boat and told me all about how he found it.

We dug it out and were thrilled to discover the boat was still in one piece and seemed to be solid.

We carefully carried the little boat back to where we were building in the sand and sat down to think about what we wanted to do next. It took a little while but we got an idea into our heads and once it was there we knew we had to do it.

We worked on it for a long time, stick by stick, rock by rock, we watched our idea become real.

After building the waterfall, I sat down for a quick rest.

Justin joined me. We never knew building swimming holes was so tiring. But look at what we made.

A little oasis in the sand.

After all this hard work, that swimming pool looks mighty tempting. I might just go for a dip in that refreshing water.

Justin tested the temperature and declared it 'just right'. I thought we were about to go swimming when he spoiled everything by saying, 'let's go get the others and launch the boat'.

So much for swimming.

We retrieved the boat from where we had left it and brought it closer to the swimming hole while the others settled themselves in to watch.

I sure do hope this boat floats. I wouldn't want to lose it to a shipwreck.

Careful, Justin. Let's put it in real slow, make sure it's water tight before we turn it loose.

We ease it into the water and hold our breaths as we wait to see if it will sink or float.

And it floats!

Tillie couldn't watch, she, too, was afraid it might sink.

We all settle in, as comfortable as we can get on sand and rock, and watch the little boat bob in the water. Lizzie thinks we need a small doll to sail in the little boat.

Tillie still isn't convinced the boat won't sink. She says sometimes it takes a few minutes for a boat to sink to the bottom.

We all assure her that the boat is steady and in no danger of sinking.