Thanks, WFEN. We were so lucky with the weather - it was a glorious day but the night before had been raining (and I had been standing outside the motel in the cold, wet night air in my Snoopy pyjamas at midnight, navigating difficult child 1 in).
And the next night (Saturday) there were huge storms, the football stadium was hit by lightning which cancelled the game. Big news. This is the city which had a container ship run aground on the beach in heavy storms, two years ago (the Pasha Bulker). So the weather here can be very changeable. We were so glad it was calm enough for us to use the boat. I can't wait to get my hands on the photos of my nephew pushing the boat off the sandbar! The photos are on easy child's camera, which is with easy child & sister in law in Singapore!
Our own weather is grey today, it began raining last night and now we're floodbound again. husband's car wouldn't start this morning, then he got all the way to the causeway and found it well underwater. Very late to work, not happy.
Marg