We took the risk...
We took the risk to get away for the weekend, even though there may have been a chance that we couldn't get gas after coming home. We went to the lake for some swimming, boating and on Labor Day, I did get one ski in the water. Getting it up out on top of the water was a little more difficult, but I did succeed. The number of boats out on the lake was down from what we would normally expect. Some folks were trying to conserve fuel, it seems.
I have included here a shot of something that looks like it could be real fun, but I don't think that I will try it myseft. Maybe this is what those Top Gun types do in their spare time? Crossing that wake could be trouble, and watch out for those afterburners!
posted by 007 at 9/06/2005 08:55:00 AM
2 Comments:
I wonder if the skier started standing on the dock or came up out of the water after yelling HIT IT! I do remember in Apocalypse Now Robert Duval carrying his surfboard on the helicopter...."I love the smell of napalm in the morning"
I think the skier was sitting on the dock, and the jet came by with a long rope trailing, and the rope was connected to a winch, and it had a section of stretch lycra near the jet end to allow the skier to come off the pier without too much of a jerk, and then once he is up, the winch rolls up the stretch section and reduces the rope to the desired length. That's what I think.
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