Last summer, I traveled to California and had anenjoyable adventure on the Balboa Peninsula

My family and I decided to rent an electric boat for a two-hour ride.

My mommy helped me to put onthe life vest that little childrenare supposed to wear while on the boat.

My daddy got some good instructionsfrom the young fellow on how to operate the boat properly.

We wore matching life vests to keep safe.

My daddy was the captainof our boat. We also put a musicCD into the CD player and listenedto the Beatles’ best songs.

Balboa is a favorite vacation place for a lot of people. They travel for thousands of miles and pay thousands of dollarsto stay in one of these homes for a week.

Naturally, quite a few people live here throughoutthe year to enjoy the beautiful surroundings.

The weather was so beautiful. The air waswarm and the gentle breezes on the waterkept us quite comfortable.

The water was a playground for a lot of people. We saw a lot of inflatable boats, kayaks, sailboatsand fancy yachts.

We talked a lot about the different houses onthe shoreline. Can you imagine who livesIn that beautiful white home on the hill?

When Daddy got hungry and wanted to eat lunch,Mommy and I took over driving the boat.

We are both very good drivers!

So many brown pelicans flew around us. I’m surethey were hungry for lunch, too.

We also saw many different boats with my namewritten on the back. Kai…that’s me!

Grandma joined us for our fun day. She loves to wear big, funny sunglasses.

Of the many boats we saw on our boat trip,this one seemed to be the oldest and mostunusual. It’s a really funny-looking tugboat!

Which one is the seal? The brown, the yellowor the red shapes? It’s his afternoon nap.

So many of the boats were decoratedwith the United States of America flag.

We enjoyed our boat trip, but after two hours,we needed to return to the dock so that another

family could go on a ride, too.

A famous landmark, the Balboa Pavilion, was built in 1906 and has been the center of many community and social eventsover all these years. On the second level is a restaurant, where anyone can enjoy a good meal.

We chose not to ride on the merry-go-round.

Six months ago, my daddy celebrated his 40th birthday with family and friends on a similar boat that rode around the harbor for four hours. Everyone enjoyed food, music, dancing and being together.

Going on a ferry boat is so much more fun than driving on the freeways!

Mommy and I rode on the ferris wheeland saw the waterfrom really high up!

I played with a lotof different games.

My daddy and I were really excited. We both played hard and fast here!

Where did the puck go?

All gone!

For the local population, today was just another normal day in paradise!