bow lake + boat

!bow lake×!boat×

bow lake + boat
Uncle Steven driving his sparkly-blue Glastron speed boat, which we all grew up calling THE BLUE BOMB! I grew-up waterskiing behind a tiny boat called a Boston Whaler, but by the summer of 1988, I was a few weeks away from turning 12 and Steven said I was big enough to ski behind THE BIG BOAT!
bow lake + boat
After the Grange Hall, the family all headed back to island for some food and final bonding time.
bow lake + boat
After the ceremony, we all headed over the Grange Hall on the mainland for a much larger memorial service in Stephen's honor. Brian and Brian in the back of the boat!
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That's my mom at the bow. (If you look closely, you can see the boathouse peeking out at the very tip of Beech Island in the background).
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That's Cousin Kevin Crowell (who taught me how to water ski when I was a wee lad!) ferrying us over to the island for a small memorial service and burying of the ashes.