It has been a HOT few weeks so Mr. Tucker has not been able to join us as often. Being in the water is fine but the boat deck just gets too uncomfortable for him as his brown coat soaks up the sun's rays despite the half-shade of the Bimini top.
We have acquired quite a few boat "toys", noodles, chair floats, water guns and the like but this year we decided it was time for a towable as Cole is strong and tall enough and he is swimming so much more confidently. So we bought a sturdy two-seater tube that serves as both a place to lounge and a place to ride. It has been a bit of a test to find the appropriate speed and angle that Cole is okay with. Too slow and he is putting his feet up to go faster, too fast and the fear shows immediately on his face. We cannot drive the boat on a straight-away for extended periods so having to circle is inevitable and hitting another boat's wake or a rogue wave makes the tube tip and dip which much like a roller coaster can make one's tummy do the same.
Mimi, Gunnar and Cole have ridden and Mimi was fearless, she would have gone 30 mph. Cole adores Gunnar and was all smiles as he sat next to him whirling around the lake. That is, until they both signaled to go faster and the tube hit a wake and out went Gunnar.
We recently took our next door neighbors out on the lake for the afternoon and Cole and Jesse had a blast riding together. Debbie and Jesse went for a couple of spins and then Dave and I got to ride with Jesse behind the wheel, he gunned it trying to dump us. Eventually, Dave went overboard (twice). I held on, LOL!
We are looking forward to several more weeks of "swimmable" days and realize how lucky we are to say "See ya at the lake..."
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