Water Skiing

We decided to get back out into society and take some water-skiing lessons.  We scheduled an hour lesson at this ski-school out past Sandestin.  Turns out, we had some wild fires here a couple days ago, and this one fire burned to within one mile of this place.  Very scary indeed!

We arrived with a few minutes to spare, so Bode and Ashley posed for a picture.  The little man is going to be taller than his mother in a few months.

It was a beautiful day here--a little on the cool side as it wasn't much warmer than 80.

Bode was the first to go.  Normally we'd ride in the boat with him, but I think they are limiting the contact people have on their boats due to the virus.  Thus, we watched from the dock.

Bode started off great on two skis--little man shot right up.

Bode did some skiing on two skis and he dropped a ski and slalomed.  He didn't try getting up on just one ski--maybe next time.  Here's a good action sequence--Bode is not thrilled that I posted the last picture of the bunch.

Little man ate it :-)  He skied for over 30 minutes, so I'm sure he was exhausted.  Here he is coming back to the dock.

Next, it was Ashley's turn to do some boarding.

Like a seasoned pro, she popped right out of the water on the first pull.

Here are some action photos.

Here's a neat sequence of Ashley going around the island.

All in all, it was a great down out of the house.  We stopped and ate at an actual restaurant on the way home--no take out required!  We did wash our hands when we got home :-)  Happy weekend to all!