Back in the day | Two truths and a lie

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Remember that game from back in the day, two truths and a lie? Let’s play.

  1. I was a competitive gymnast
  2. I used to barefoot ski
  3. I was an award winning fisher-lady

Want to take a guess which one is the lie?

Here’s your first hint.

Barefoot skiing

And your second hint.

fishing rockstar

And well, there is no picture of me competing in a gymnastics meet (but I did do a lot of dance).

Growing up, we spent almost every single weekend and many weekdays and nights during the summer on our boats. At one point, we actually had two boats. A boat for skiing, where I learned to barefoot (yes, I skied on my feet alone), slalom, wakeboard, kneeboard and more. And of course, I also had my fair share of sunburns.

I also could fish like a boss. We used to get on the water before sunrise and have a cooler full of flounder before lunch time. Fresh fish is the best! Our family had some great times fishing and water skiing. And, we had a lot of downtime where we learned some important life lessons (thanks mom for your brutal honesty!). Who would have thought that being on a boat would lead to learning?

Many, many summers ago, we went up to my aunt’s house and took our oldest (if I wouldn’t have told you, would you have known which kiddo this is?) for her first boat ride. We were worried she wouldn’t be a fan of the lifejacket, but she did surprisingly well. Her only lesson? How to eat a lollipop for the first time!

Boating with the oldest

We are headed to the lake in August with some friends and their new boat. They took a lot of time searching for just the right boat for them and I’m excited to see what they got and go for a ride with the family (or maybe I’ll steal away for a minute sans kiddos and relive my skiing days!)

Tissue alert, check out this short film, Good Run about a man’s life journey by boat. I can’t even imagine!

Do you have any boating stories from the past? Or , want to play two truths and a lie, leave them below and we’ll see if we can get it right!

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  1. My husband’s family has a lake cabin. And when I say I lake cabin, it’s more like a shack. Anyways his parents have a jet ski (which I am terrified of riding) and boat. I love taking it to go eat dinner at this little restaurant that’s about a 15 minute oat ride away. We go to Lake Jackson. What lake did you grow up on?

    1. So, we didn’t live too close to one, but it was mostly a river. The Trinity River and Lake Somerville for fishing as well as the great Gulf of Mexico:)

  2. Go girl! Does barefoot waterskiing not hurt your feet?

    1. Um, not too much, but you don’t do it for very long. Your feet actually get hot because you have to go so fast. And, you need super, super calm water that looks almost like glass. Oh, and nothing floating on the water because that hurts!

  3. I am really not that good on the water in boats lol.The last time i went on a boat of any kind was a ferry and the sea was bad and i ended up very sick.The one thing i want to do the most is take the kids on a Disney cruise so i have to find something to help me lol.

    1. I want to do a Disney cruise, too. It’s like the only kind I’d do. And, I hear that bonine? (sp) works wonders. It’s what my MIL takes. I can’t do motion either. I can do a calm bay in the boat, but choppy water? It’s all over!

  4. No gymnastics? You had me fooled! This was a fun post!

    1. I only figuratively bend over backwards:) Never literally!

  5. Too funny. I remember that my papa took me fishing once when I was real little & as soon as he jammed a live worm onto the end of the pole I was done. Traumatized for life.

    1. See, didn’t bother me then. Now, I probably wouldn’t do it for myself. But, my girls went fishing off the dock three years ago, and I totally put the worm on the hook for them:)

  6. So many great memories! We are considering getting a boat because we have so much fun when we go out on our friend’s.

    1. You are in the perfect place! honestly, I thought you already owned a boat!

      1. We have a few friends who have boats and they invite us out often. But we’re considering buying one of our own- probably not this summer, but maybe next.

    1. I’m certain I couldn’t do it now…I needed abs of steel back then!

  7. It’s like I don’t even know you! lol It’s so much fun finding out all these mad skills you’ve been hiding! Have fun on the boat with your pals!

    1. All my little “secrets”! It’s just something I’ve never talked about!

  8. My stepdad has a bass boat, so we went out on the lake quite a bit. It wasn’t the most relaxing type of boat. It was tiny, only had a few seasts, and we would go like 60mph from one location to the next. I’d much rather just go out and have time to enjoy the water in comfort!

    1. Yeah, ours were never for relaxing. They only had like 1-2 seats.

  9. When I was younger my grandfather used to always take me out on his boat to go fishing. I grew to love it and we eventually would take a trip every Summer. I miss those memories!

  10. Our friends have a family house on the lake, complete with boats. We used to love tubing from the back of the boat. Such fun (but so long ago since we had children, and our kids are small…and we can’t be as careless or carefree at the moment!) 🙂

    1. I totally know what you mean! If we went on boat now, it would last about 15 minutes and I’d be a nervous wreck!

  11. barefoot skiing?! How cool! I have only been boating a handful of times which is a shame since I live on the water in FL!

    1. That’s just crazy talk. Then again, it gets so hot so early there that it would be unbearable this time of year for any length of time.

  12. I live in Trinidad so owning a boat was a necessity. I spent my childhood similar to yours, on a boat and fishing. We also had a beach house so this made it even easier for my family to pack things up and jump on the boat. Fishing is a favourite hobby of mine, I learned to clean and cook fish by the time I was nine years old. I still go to the beach house ever so often, but not nearly as much as I used too.

    As for your two truths and one lie…I’ll play along. Let’s see…

    1. I’ve swam with wild dolphins. 🙂
    2. I am a vegan.
    3. In my early twenties, I lived in London.

    1. Hmmm..I’m going to guess the vegan one.

      And, I think it would be awesome to swim with dolphins!

      1. Yep! That’s it. I am not a vegan at all. 🙂

  13. I haven’t been on a boat since I was a kid, but this brings back such find memories. Jumping off the back into donut rafts, or being thrown off by one of my brothers. So much fun!

  14. I haven’t been boating in years, would love to take my daughter! Looks like you were a total water baby…..that fish picture is awesome!

    1. Yep, we lived on the river or the lake like 75% of the year!

  15. Two truths and a lie
    1. I live in a Suburb of Chicago
    2. I have gone skydiving
    3. I love snow skiing.

    Any guesses?

    1. I’m going to go with snow skiing….that’s the lie. Final answer.

      1. The lie was that I live in a suburb of Chicago. But I love Chicago and I would move there. Thanks for playing and tell her what she has won, Bob! 🙂

  16. I remember sitting on the dock at the pond near my house as a little girl and fishing with my Grams. I never allowed her to keep the fish we caught- we always had to “set them free!”

  17. I love two truths and lie. I was guessing the fisher lady. But there you are! Adorable!

  18. we did do a lot of boating. Both you and your sister were great in and on the water. I should have sent a picture with all the colored zinc we used to put on your faces to keep from burning.

  19. I remember that game. How fun. I don’t think that I have ever waterski let alone waterski barefoot but back in the days to go tubing… 🙂 that is pretty much the extent of my boating experience.

  20. I’ll play:
    1. I have chronic arthritis
    2. I love trashy magazines
    3. I have an MFA in design

    Can you guess?? Ps: I love the barefoot water skiing photo!

    1. The lie? 2. Wait…I don’t know if you have an MFA? Crap. Worst friend ever!

  21. I’ve never played the game. I don’t know how that happened! We do go boating every year on Lake Lanier…it is always a day for the memory books.

  22. I cannot imagine skiing barefoot! All that comes to mind is OWWWWW, lol

    1. Surprisingly, it doesn’t hurt (from what I remember), but your feet get really hot!

  23. How fun to do this game on your blog. I’ll have to try it, too! lol Loved your post and seeing your great photos. That fishin’ photo is priceless!

  24. Such a fun game. Sadly, I don’t have much experience on boats. They kind of scare me to be honest!

  25. My grandfather had a boat and took us out sometimes. I loved going, but I didn’t fish. 😉

  26. I used to go out on the lake with my parents when we camped. It was a lot of fun!

  27. A friend of mine and former classmate (17 years ago today was graduation day!), is a world barefoot champion and runs a barefoot ski school in Florida as well as clinics all over. It’s a fun sport! I waterskiied, kicked off one ski often but never went barefoot!

    1. How cool is that? I never did it past middle school/junior high. I think I got too cool or something, or not good enough to do anything with it!

  28. I’ve actually never been boating aside from a dinner cruise around Manhattan. I’d love to go boating with the family sometime.

  29. LOVE the photos, I have so many just like it! I didn’t ski though, we did the tubing. Love boating! I was pretty good at fishing too!

  30. This was a fun game! We did a lot of boating and fishing when I was a kid. I miss it.

  31. What a great post! I love this game! And those memories are priceless. I used to love to fish with my dad and granddad also. And I loved to waterski, also barefoot, with plywood, or just about anything.

  32. My family has never boated or fished much so let’s try to play your game.

    1. I once visited the tallest buildings in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
    2. I’m a Jehovah’s Witness.
    3. I’m the oldest of ten children.

    Have fun.

  33. I think I’m going to do a post like this. I love these!

    I love that you used to fish “like a boss” LOL! Can’t say I heard that one before. 🙂

  34. I love boating! I was never able to water ski though! But I could go tubing all day everyday! 🙂

  35. As a child, we did a lot – my uncle has a lake house…
    now- not so much

  36. mrs. hils says:

    That looks like E holding up a fish!

    1. Hmmm..I see it in the younger picture of me, but not so much here!

  37. I used to love playing two truths and a lie. I don’t have any boating stories, but I used to love to fish with my Dad.

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