It was a perfect Friday afternoon for a boat ride yesterday after a day of work-well work for everyone else. I'm off on Fridays:) The sunshine along with the temperature in the upper 60's was appreciated exponentially more after all the rain last week. So a friend with a vintage boat took three of us out on the Maine. We started by Bouchemaine and went chasing the sun towards the Loire, because 60-some degrees isn't exactly warm unless the shine is shining on you. It was simply beautiful out there. I enjoyed so much being on the water... very happy to have been invited!
Here are some sights we passed along the way...
The gents got us to shore,
so that we could walk around a fascinating little island called Béhuard, which used to be a pilgrimage destination for fisherman before the 15th century. The church Notre Dame was built on a rock in the 15th century under Louis XI
Outdoor services are held here
and the houses surrounding the church date from the 15-18th centuries.
Pine cones and a little used door.
Finally, back on the water things were going alright and the sunset was fine...
the moonrise was autumn perfection,
when the engine fan fell off and the motor stopped running! So, the fellas pulled the boat ashore while I stayed dry and warm. Good thing [understatement] the Loire is mostly a shallow river.
So we got a ride home from the parents and Roman went to fix his boat this morning, so all was well in the end. And that was my first boating adventure in Angers!
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