{"id":49,"date":"2005-07-18T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-18T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevenheld.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/18\/weekend-on-the-lake\/"},"modified":"2005-07-18T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-18T22:34:00","slug":"weekend-on-the-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevenheld.com\/blog\/weekend-on-the-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend on the lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/1024\/The%20Lake.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 102); margin: 2px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/320\/The%20Lake.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay I&#8217;m jumping in!&#8221;<\/center><\/p>\n<p>WaSPLASH!  &#8220;Burr it&#8217;s a lot colder then I thought it was going to be.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Steven I can&#8217;t get the camera to turn on!  What button do you push?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shivering, &#8220;Mom the one on top you&#8217;ll hear it start up and you should see Canon on the display.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay it&#8217;s on, now what button do I press to take pictures?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Argg&#8230;  &#8220;Mom just like any &#8216;normal&#8217; camera it&#8217;s on the top.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This big button here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eric throw your brother a ski.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Swish&#8230;. The ski comes sailing over to me.  I grab it and fiddle with the bindings to get my foot in.  &#8220;Okay I&#8217;m ready now!&#8221; I scream.  My dad pulls the boat around me so that I can grab the rope.  I slowly get into position by doing a little dance with my feet to get the ski to point up. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/1024\/getting%20up.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 102); margin: 2px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/320\/getting%20up.jpg\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I yell &#8220;Hit it!&#8221; Suddenly the boat lurches forward.  I strain with all my might.  Arrrrrrrrr&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; Swallowing gallon after gallon, my ski flailing this way and that.  Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr&#8230;&#8230;  SNAP!  The rope pulls away.  I tumble over sideways.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Steve you have to stay tucked down longer!&#8221; Yells my dad. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know I tried.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He pulls the boat around again and I line up.  &#8220;Hit it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/1024\/up.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 102); margin: 2px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/320\/up.jpg\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>This time I clenched me teeth, held my breath, and tucked like an armadillo.  Arrrrr ahhhhhh!  I&#8217;m up, no I&#8217;m still down, no I&#8217;m standing up.  &#8220;Whoooooo!&#8221;  Such exhilaration, I haven&#8217;t skied yet this summer and now I&#8217;m gliding across the water.  I absolutely love this.  I&#8217;m flying. <\/p>\n<p>I swished right bounced off the wake and whipped right alongside the boat.     <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/1024\/surf.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 102); margin: 2px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/320\/surf.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/1024\/left1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 102); margin: 2px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/320\/left1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/1024\/Eric.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 102); margin: 2px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/163\/5890\/320\/Eric.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I had to sneak a picture of my brother from the cabin of our boat, he doesn&#8217;t like his picture taken.<\/p>\n<p>Then idling out in the middle of the lake my dad surprises my mom with a strawberry cheesecake!  We sang <i>Happy Birthday<\/i> to her and enjoy the strawberry deliciousness as we all bask in the sun on such a lovely day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Okay I&#8217;m jumping in!&#8221; WaSPLASH! &#8220;Burr it&#8217;s a lot colder then I thought it was going to be.&#8221; &#8220;Steven I can&#8217;t get the camera to turn on! 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