Monday, August 22, 2011

It’s Tubing Time!

When leaving our beach spot Thursday night, we left three pop ups out to “reserve” our spot the night before.  Unfortunately, when we made it out to the water on Friday morning, they were gone and someone else was already in our spot. 

We drove around and found a different spot that ended up being more sandy than our first spot.  Thankfully too, Chad and Crystal had just arrived to Laughlin and ran out to buy some more pop ups. 

Once we were finally all settled in, we got in the water to relax.

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At one point, Kalea tied Hailey’s inner tube to the ice chest so she wouldn’t float away.  So cute.

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While Noelle lounged.

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Once Noelle woke up, C&C took the sea doo out for a spin. 

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Then it was tubing time!!  First up Danny, Ashley and Jeff.  (Click on the picture to enlarge it.)

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Next up Doug, Crystal and Jeff.

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Towards the end of their ride, Crystal kept throwing up her leg.  Ashley and I were convinced she was telling us to stop so we told Dad to slow down.  Nope, she was just throwing up her leg.

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It was an all boys turn.  We were a little worried that they were pushing the weight limit but it worked out.  Doug, Chad and Jeff.

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Up until now, everyone had stayed in the raft.  To make things more interesting, Jeff decided to raise his arms…

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And then they hit a wave and Jeff went over.

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And then three became two.

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We turned around to look for Jeff, can you see him?

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There he is.  Smile

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After seeing Jeff being thrown from the raft, I don’t know how they convinced me to get in, but they did. 

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When we went back to the shore to pick up Shannon, Miss Hailey came with us.  Since Hailey is so fair, the sun started to turn her skin pink.  She covered up with Chad’s tee and her hat and was all set to keep going. 

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Doug, Shannon and Danny.

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And then…Hailey wanted to go.  She’s a brave two year old!!

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But we did go really really slow.  Smile

We packed up around 6 pm to eat dinner at a Mexican restaurant that Nana and Tata liked.  It was a long day so Jeff and I crashed pretty early.  One more day on the river, coming up!