The Last Trip of the Year



We went waterskiing the other day for the last trip of the year. Todd wanted to put fuel treatment in the gas and get it ran through the carborators and of course if you are going to the lake you might as well make a trip out of it! Luckily we had a warm spell where Sand Hollow was looking like it would hit 85 degrees so we grabbed a kid who we had been wanting to take all summer and ran down there for the day. It was probaly the best day of waterskiing Todd has had for a long time! There was absolutely no one else there (surprise, surprise the last week in October!) and so the water was glass!





Although the air temperature was in the 80s the water felt more like ice cubes on your toes! So pretty much he got in all the sking he wanted plus some! He got to slalom until he was worn out, wakeboard, kneeboard and drive the boat until he was pooped! It was a good trip for that. We always love to go to the lake but sometimes it's nice when Todd gets to do a little of everything! Include getting in his fair share of crashing!


The kid we took, Chris, got up on a kneeboard for the first time and the slalom ski. It was pretty fun as he was certain he wasn't going to get it and he ended up getting it pretty fast!



I also decided to get in a few runs for the last trip. I kneeboarded with the girl Chris brought and wakeboarded just a little bit. Jumping the wake on a kneeboard puts a little bit more pressure than you realize when you're not pregnant and after a few times of doing it I just decided to play it safe! It was so fun and now the boat is all winterized and ready for the cold. I explained to Todd that last year was a learning experience and this year I would not react the same way to a cracked engine! He understood and agreed and we are hoping next year we get in a full year of trips to the lake with a brand new member of the family!