Water Skiing Extraordinaire

Nice rooster tail Anne!

The past few days have been cool and very windy.  That has not stopped Anne from wanting to water ski.  Plus it takes her mind off missing Kate, who is currently at summer camp.  Anne is slalom skiing and cutting an impressive wake.  It reminds me of my brothers and their friends who used to come to our cottage on Lake Wahnapitae.  It seems to me that they spent the entire day skiing.  My brother, Glenn, in particular was a superb water skier.  I must admit that Anne reminds me a little bit of Glenn out there on the skis.  It is nice to see.  I also got out water skiing, albeit on two skis.  It was fun.  If the stars are all in alignment, I’ll try slalom skiing later in the week.  

Just cruising along.

The motor on our boat is too small to pull John, so he has to wait until Bruce is here with his boat to get out skiing.  Actually, I’m relieved because although I have my boater’s license, I am reluctant to pilot a boat.  There are so many unmarked shoals on this lake, and wooden boats and shoals really don’t mix.  So I am a happy passenger and John looks forward to the day that the Chris Craft is ready and he can ski behind it.  (Big Question:  Will he expect me to pilot THAT big, powerful, scary, wooden boat?)  

50 is the new 40

Today is a lovely, sunny day with just a bit of breeze.  There is enough breeze that we have tried out the laser again, this time at a leisurely pace.  We zipped around back and forth in front of the cottage and just spent time getting the hang of sailing.  It’s getting back into the dock without bashing anything that is the trick.  So far John has had to jump out and hold the boat as we approached shore.  That works for me.  

Emily, Lydia, Nancy watch as Donna shoots

Pippa may not be a water dog,
but she is a boat dog!

It has been a very nice August holiday weekend, with lots of leisure activities and few “jobs.”  We even had John’s cousin Nancy and her family, Dale, Emily and Lydia for a BBQ.  I’ll attach a couple of photos of us playing Bocce.  It was cool for water sports that day, but the delightful breeze meant no bugs for our Bocce game.  Good Fun!