Hooray for Uncle Rick

Uncle Rick kindly gave in to James's pleas to let him drive the Ski Nautique down the launching ramp at Lake Berryessa. He did pretty well, considering. We did not, however, let him pull a skier, mostly because he has not yet had the requisite 10 hours of Bankhead training for cultivating pristine ski water. Then again, the water was pretty choppy, so we were better off tubing anyhow.