Some Unexpected Fun...

This past Saturday, I headed down to Kansas to the lake.
There were quite a few friends from the area at the lake to celebrate a 50th birthday.
I’m not quite sure when we suddenly went from celebrating 21st birthdays to 40 and 50th, but I digress.
What a fun weekend; my kids were also along for the fun.
I had to work Friday night and was running a little behind Saturday, so we did not arrive at the lake until around 2 p.m.
Everyone was ready to hit the water shortly after we arrived. We had one pontoon, three boats, four jet skis, a Wataboard and a Lilypad floating mat.
By far the most popular item was the Wataboard. I even gave it a whirl...
It was not easy and a workout.
You strap your feet into boots (which were HUGE on my small feet). The boots are attached to a board which has jets on the bottom of it. The board is attached to a long thick hose which attaches to the jet ski turning mechanism.
The jet ski is what powers the Wataboard.  You have to get the board centered beneath you under water. Then lock your legs and find your balance. Easier said than done!
The person on the jet ski waits for the go ahead and they slowly shoot you up in the air, or try to anyway.
It took a few tries to get up. The first time I did, it scared me and I crashed right away.
You may only be around five feet in the air but it feels like you are about 20 feet up.
 I had quite a few crashes and one sort of half flip that shot me way under water, making me nearly lose my bottoms and take in water.
I was not going to give up, and I did eventually make it up in the air twice. What a rush, it was so fun! Despite the pain that comes with smashing into water from five feet plus in the air and jet propulsion behind you. I would do it again.
There was a group of people camping with a bucket calf... (I really can’t make this stuff up). Apparently, a couple in this group got married Saturday at 5 p.m., at the lake and the bucket calf was the ring bearer... Only in Kansas!
We had all planned on hitting the water again Sunday, however, it was a cool drizzly morning and everyone was tired so we all packed up and headed home.
It was another warm day Sunday and my kids wanted to be outside, so we headed to the river when we got home.
 All we took with us was a fishing net. As it turned out, that’s all we needed. The river is pretty low right now, which also means the water is clear.
You could walk along the banks to where it was maybe a foot or two deep and see some large fish trying to hide under grass. You just put the net down and had someone else walk toward it and that made the fish pretty much swim right into the net.
There were a few times that they were too quick and got away. It’s another little thrill to grab a fish in a net.
We caught three fairly large catfish and two large carp. It was a catch and release day. Still so much fun and it kept my kids outside for two days with no electronics.
By this time, it was around 8 p.m., and we were all tired. So we headed home, ate dinner and fell into bed.
I am thrilled to be going on a mini-vacation by myself this coming weekend. I’m headed to a cabin in Colorado surrounded by lakes.
A little downtime to relax, and just think for a while. I plan to do some fishing while I am there. I can hardly wait!
Enjoy your week/weekend and get outside for a while! There is always something to do!