Saturday, my husband and I took my son and nephew boating and water skiing on the Ohio River. I’ve been water skiing since my 20’s and love slalom skiing (with one ski). We prefer the Ohio River to the area lakes because there are fewer boats, which means better skiing conditions. Because of weather and a surgery that my husband had, this was only the second time we’ve taken the boat out this season and most likely the last. Temperatures are supposed to drop into the 60’s by this weekend. The water was quite cold but invigorating! Slalom skiing is like riding a bike, once you’ve mastered it, you don’t forget how to do it. It feels great to be strong and continue to participate in sports as I get older.
My son took some good shots…
The next few photos are of my Nephew…Billy! My son doesn’t like to water-ski and at 6’9″ tall, feels like the tube is too small for him.
Billy plays sand and court volleyball almost every day. He’s in great shape…
I was using the Silhouette function on my Nikon D5100 to capture a darker look of my husband…
We found good waves for some tubing air time…
We stopped to eat at Skipper’s Marina in New Richmond, Ohio and this duck seemed to be posing for me…
I asked my son if he would throw me in the water. I’ve never had that experience…it was kinda’ scary but fun!
It was fun sharing our day with you! Sunday I went to a chili cook-off and watched the Bengals game. We didn’t stay the entire time, so I’m not sure who won the cook-off! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!
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Sherry Lachelle Travels 
Wow, wonderful blog layout! How long have you been blogging for?
you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your site is great, let alone the content!
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For about 3 years…thank you!
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Excellent photos. They presented really water fun – enjoyable!
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Thanks Matt!
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How much fun… My favorite sport…
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Cool! Thanks!
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Great pictures. We spent the summers water skiing for hours and hours on end. Now it’s rare to see water skies in deference to wake boarding. In fact,in the wake of Sandy (the storm) a slalom water ski appeared with all the other debris on our street. When asked where I though it came from, I said: “the sixties!” -:) M
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I guess I’m old fashioned…but I really like it! That would be weird to see a ski floating by on your street!
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Great fun! Great shots! Love that duck.
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Thanks!
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Great jump shot photo.
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Thank you!
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Thanks, that was fun:>)
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Glad you could come along!
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Whoa!!! Great shot…LIVING LIFE indeed!!!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Great photos! The duck struck a great pose for you indeed. Just wondering how deep the river is, it has that shallow, sandy bottom color to it. You look like your expecting to freeze when you hit the water. Brrr! I see the trees have begun to change too. Boo hiss!
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The river is pretty deep in places. We used to have a fishing boat with a depth finder. I would say in most spots it varies between 20-40 foot deep. The water was chilly to say the least!
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Great pics – looks like you had a fantastic time..
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Thanks! We did!
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