All Aboard the Kracko Kruiser!

Long have we Karakos dreamed of speeding down Table Rock Lake, pulling a tube or skis behind our pontoon boat, swimming every once and a while, fishing when the water's too cold. . . Well, finally, we have it!!

 It's actually not a pontoon boat, since pontoons do NOT have any power whatsoever, so now we can pull a tube behind it (which we have done about a million times in the past week) and fish on it. Best of both worlds! :)

 

Mom and Dad bought the boat on Thursday (there's actually a story behind it, but I will let Dad do the talking on that one) much to the surprise of us kids. Dad piled the kids into our truck and we took a little ride down the Kimberling City to go take a look at it. Then, (this was Dad's idea) we immediatly decided to check out all the local marine shops to buy a tube and find a place to set down in the water. 

The day after all that took place, Friday afternoon, we packed a cooler (a couple, actually) lifejackets, the tube, towels, and were about to set sail, when . . . a trailer tire blew. Five not-so happy kids trudged into the house to wait while Dad fixed it. Turned out Dad couldn't fix the tire that night so we had to wait until the next day. That night was probably the longest night of our lives. 

 Saturday was up-held with high expectations, since Dad (finally) fixed the tire, and then we were off!! We took a "trial run" at a local marina and rented a slip for the weekend. We tubed, we fished, we swam. For that weekend, we were living the good life. (as if we don't all the other weekends)

 

And now the big question is: Did we ever fall off? Well, I fell off. The others had a slightly stronger grip than I, and the end result was me falling off everytime we went around a sharp turn. Very annoying. (I will have you know that part of the problem was Dad would never stop for me, even when I signaled "stop" about fifty times. It was always Mom who came to my rescue.)

 

 Mom never did like the bumpy rides.

The Captian of our fine vessel