A Houseboat Adventure

Last month, my family went on vacation... We decided to rent a houseboat for the weekend! It was a lot of fun! This trip held many first-time experiences for me...

We set out on a Friday morning and once we loaded the car up, we hit the road. Lots of singing/listening to the radio, goofing off, and snacks later, we arrived at the boating place. There were tons of houseboats at this place! The people we rented the houseboat from were super nice and helped us bring our bags to the boat.

Once I stepped on to the boat, I got a bit nervous because I realized I was sea sick from the rocking. Great, just great. I thought to myself. They hadn't turned the air conditioner up yet, so it was 80 degrees in there, and that made it a lot worse. After the guy taught my dad how to drive the houseboat, they untied us from the dock and we floated away.

Thankfully, my sea sickness went away when we were driving and it never really came back. The scenery was amazing, and there wasn't too many people out boating.

The first couple days were tough... it was just my luck that I had cramps. You girls feel my pain here. Anyway, after the first two days, the trip turned around and we had a blast!

I had never done anything like this before! Staying 66 hours on a boat! Like--that was so cool! We went fishing and skipped stones (My sisters are better at skipping stones... I don't have a very good technique.) I got to go down the slide at the back of the boat, and guess what? My sisters and I got to wash our hair in the lake and shave our legs! Talk about a first time experience. We watched movies and made cookies. And somehow survived having next to none cell reception (which turned out to be a blessing in disguise.)

Each night, we would drive around to different coves to tie off. It was really cool, and a adventure tying up... XD

The last night there, we went stargazing, and let me tell you, it was so pretty out. So peaceful.

Have you ever been tickled so hard you fell off the couch? Yep. I have... thanks sista. Have you ever gotten to drive a houseboat? I got too drive it! Have you ever explored the steep river bank in search of the "waterfall" only to discover that we all have different definitions of a waterfall? It's possible we may have gone on a little detour and our boat may have almost floated away...

My family made lots of memories on this trip! Memories that we will look back on for a long time. Ones we will cherish, ones that will forever be laughed at, and ones that we'll shake out heads at.

This trip was a blast! And I 100% recommend a houseboat vacation! =)

Have you ever gone on a houseboat? 

What is your favorite vacation memory?

 Comment below!