COEUR d’ALENE — Meandering along the antique boats docked at The Coeur d'Alene Resort Boardwalk, John and Lorie Goldsmith reminisced about when they met.

"Actually, we met working on police boats,” John said, smiling. “We’re both retired King County Police officers (from the Seattle area). She got assigned to me."

“He was my training officer,” she said, also smiling about that wonderful day.

The Post Falls couple has always shared a love of boats and boating, and it was this love that drew them to the 31st annual Coeur d'Alene Wooden Boat Show Festival on Saturday.

"They're all gorgeous, but I like the 'Althea.' It's a big one," Lorie said. "It's old and it's got lots of room. It's really nicely done."

John and Lorie have owned sailboats and tugboats in the past, but nowadays they're bigger fans of admiring what other people have created.

"We like to come down and enjoy all the work, because we have done our sanding,” John said with a chuckle.

"We’ve been around boats and water all of our lives, so it brings back memories,” Lorie said. "We don’t necessarily want to buy one and take care of it, but if anybody wants to take us out on a boat, we’d go."

Hundreds of visitors leisurely strolled the Boardwalk while checking out the 45 antique boats that gleamed in the sun as they bobbed in the warm lake water.

One popular boat was the "Uncle Bob," a Yandt Boat Works product that once served as a taxi boat on Lake Coeur d'Alene.

"It was made by my great uncle, Bob, right where The Resort is,” said Wes Yandt, who sat near the boat to interact with show-goers. "This was back in the ’50s. His shop was right there. It was built right here in 1963.”

He said about 75 boats were built at his uncle's shop, and his family knows where the eight remaining boats are today.

Yandt said sharing this lake history at the boat show "is what it's all about."

The Coeur d'Alene Wooden Boat Show continues from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. It's free and open to all ages.