Super Mable

On a whim- we decided to rent a tube one of the days on the lake.  It was called the SUPER MABLE.  She was huge.  You can see from the pictures- it's like a loveseat on water!  

The kids loved it- and this was probably the reason we decided to rent one for the day.  Yes they can jump into the water and drive the boat- but it was kind of fun to have something the kids could do behind the boat too.  Uncle Dave was the first on one with all the kids...

They rode it for a while, then Dave handed Cam into the boat and he and the boys took off...

Then it was my turn... I stuck Kate back on and we went for a nice little ride.

Being stupid- I let the kids get off the tube first and I stayed on ol' Mable to catch some rays while the kids played in the water.  Once the kids were back in, my brother and his wife jumped on the tube and my dad took off.

See... here's my issue with tubes.  Fun for little ones.  But when you put teenagers and adults on the tube- it's like a switch flips in the boat driver.  All of a sudden there is only one thing that goes through his mind... "MUST DUMP TUBE RIDERS".  He then proceeds in driving like a maniac trying to dump off the idiots that signed on to be the riders.

That said... off we went...

I held on for dear freakin' life.  I was so terrified my grip was going to slip and I was going to knock all 8 pounds of my sister in law into the water and land on top of her.  It's just not a  pretty picture...

We made it though... No causalities.  Other than the punch I threw at my father for driving like an idiot.

And I got a cute picture of Gma and Gpa with ALL their grandkids!