Last Weekend of Summer II

Friends Bill and Crystal took us out in their boat for a day of tubing on Lake Whatcom... wow this place is beautiful!!!!! It's about an hour drive, but certainly worth it. Shortly after leaving the dock, the three girls (Crystal, her daughter and I) hit the tube for a wild ride! We had such a blast! I've never been tubing behind a boat before - I think we'll be buying one for our boat!!!

After tubing for awhile, we got back on board for Crystal's 'Yummy Boat Sandwiches' (Crystal is the one who taught me 'yummy boat sandwiches' a few months ago). We drifted awhile, soaked up sun, let the food settle and the guys listened to the football game on the radio.

Once it was time to go back in for the day, the girls headed back out to the tube. On the way back - guess who took a swim??? I was trying to relax and not hold the handles so tight, we got going on some good bumps and out I went. Daryl (watching from the boat) said I just went straight up out of the tube. Of course it wasn't underneath me anymore when I landed. Crystal said she kept hearing 'oh boy' and then looked over when it got quiet - and I wasn't there! It made for a really great laugh. Thank goodness for life jackets. I'm a good swimmer, but you don't realize how disorienting it is to fall in the water like that.