We can now officially add Airboating to Tyler's list of "been there, done that".This past weekend we headed Northwest to Citrus County to attend a Truck Show at the 75 Chrome Shop. While the truck show was a lot of fun, Tyler's first airboating experience topped the list. I put Tyler's life vest on him to try it for size (it's still a little too big, but I'm sure he'll grow into it quickly) while we waited on the rest of our crew to get motivated. Well, wouldn't you know he fell asleep in my arms while we waited. All it took was the first airboat to fire up and he was awake and ready to ride. Off we went, fully equipped in his life vest and infant ear muffs, headed toward the Big Spring, a large natural spring on the River. There we watched everyone enjoy themselves in the 72 degree crystal blue water and I stress the fact that we watched. The water was far too cold for Tyler & I to even think about getting in. On the way back, we stopped at Turner's Fish Camp on the River. Tyler fell asleep on the ride there and napped most of the time that we were there. He was well rested and wide awake for the ride home.
The next day we went and visited Ed's new house on the other side of the dam, which was fun to cross the "airboat bridge" over the dam. After that, we stopped at Little Blue, which is a small natural spring on the River.
All in all, Tyler really seemed to enjoy his whole airboating experience. All I heard out of David's mouth all weekend was "one day Son, one day we'll build you your first airboat." I can hardly wait! And so it goes...
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