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I remember:

• Playing bumper pool in the basement.
• Paddling around the pier in a kayak that was attached to the pier by a 20 or 30 foot rope.
• Sleeping over and faking a dream where I was calling out the name of a girl I kinda liked in elementary school. I forgot I’d done it and everyone was picking on me the next morning.
• Their big ol’ Basset Hound lazing on the side porch.
• Riding in the pontoon boat.
• Huge family get-togethers there. We played egg-toss in their huge back yard.
• Someone sitting a baby bare-butt on the pier and someone else hollering he was going to get splinters in his butt!
• Watching family members water ski. I think I tried, but couldn’t quite get it.