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Unwinterized

We finally got the boat back from being unwinterized just in time for Father’s Day weekend.

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My parents and my brother and his girlfriend came for a fun day on water.  After some nachos at our new favorite lake hangout, Barnacle Bill’s, it was time to get tubing. 

My brother considers himself a tubing pro and likes to boast that he cannot be thrown off. 

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Which of course only made Tripp work harder to do so.

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Tripp’s got some legendary boating moves to thwart overly-confident tubers such as my brother.  There is, of course, the side-slinger figure eight and the over-the-wake bucking bronco.

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My brother held on pretty well, but then threw down the gauntlet when he said to Tripp, “Is that all you got?”

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Insert Tripp’s patented figure-eight-through-the-wake-upheaval here. 

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Yep.  That’s the killer.  Nice try though little brother.

After all that, we all decided to take a little dip and cool off.  Where once again my brother entertained us all with his crazy air guitar skills.

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Next, Mikey decided to dust off his mad slalom skiing technique.

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Nicely done little brother.

It was such a great day and I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with three of my favorite men.  After dinner, my parents rode off into the sunset. 

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Once again, beautiful Lake Tenkiller played host to wonderful family memories.

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Peace, Kelly

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