The kids FINALLY got into a water sport, well, almost a water sport. Tubing!!! They actually like going fast and Reggie and Spencer even fell out a couple times and they wanted to do it again! Maggie and Khalif were very nervous to go fast, so they went slow for a long time, but by the end of the summer, Khalif had no partner because Maggie was going fast too! Unfortunately, Ryan ran the boat out of gas because the guy who got the boat ready for summer didn't fix the gas gauge as requested and Ryan didn't listen to my dad about putting more in. Now know that when the fuel pump doesn't get gas it burns up, so no worky. The bigger problem was finding a replacement since the boat was made in 1994 and the first kit we tried from Mastercraft didn't work and the kids were so disappointed. What do you do when you don't have a boat to pull the kids, you use the party boat! It wasn't quite as fast and somehow grandma, Aunt Jeanne, Dad and Liha (it was happy hour on the party boat so there was definitely some alcohol involved!) ended up going and it was a riot, until we went over a big wave and then that boat lost all speed. The lower unit went out and that was a much more expensive fix.
Liha, Ainsley and grandpa video: to view click (arrtwade.blogspot.com)
Khalif's 10 seconds of speed
Ainsley, Spencer and Reggie video
Looking for the grandma/Aunt Jeanne pics. I will post when the Rinehardts locate them. Only 1 picture...video is on Facebook and I can't seem to copy it, but here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/irene.schroers/videos/10211924259735701/. It was fun!
This happened right before our trip, so mom worked hard to find a fix. Every lead seemed to dead end until she found a mechanic in Arlington who got a completely different fuel pump and got the appropriate connectors, so we were up and running the day after we got back. The kids were soooo excited and we spent hours and hours tubing for the rest of the summer!
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we did have some kind of fun!!!
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