A day of pretending.
We’re too cheap to buy a boat. Strike that. We’re too practical to buy a depreciating asset on one income. That, and half our family is particularly prone to skin cancer so spending days on end out on the water just doesn’t have a ton of appeal.
Still, because we are cheap in everyday life, it gives us the opportunity to splurge on vacation. So renting a boat while camping at Ponderosa State Park seemed like a fair plan. We got to pretend we all have olive skin and mad wakeboarding skills for a day in exchange for sunburns and swallowed water. It was fun.
We learned that our kids were wusses inherited their father’s aversion to risk and preferred leisurely tube rides and swimming in the lake. Lucky for us, we got to turn the keys in at the end of the day and drive boat-free to a restaurant for a delicious dinner on the town.