Tube Crash
By: Ella Onstott
Once last summer 2013 it was a nice sunny day and it was about 80-90 and the water was flat as bread me-Ella, my friend Katelyn Turner (10), my brother Jake (11)and my grandparents neighbor Caitlyn (12) all went tubing. We were at my grandparents house in Rockford for the Fourth of July on the lake Bella Vista and before dinner we all went tubing.
It was a sit down tube and it was like not all the way flat but flat. I told my grandpa but he said it would be fine so we all grabbed a life jacket and got on. My grandpa and my dad yelled “ Ready” we all yelled back “ Yes!” and “Ready as all ever be!” The rope got tight and we started of pretty fast then we got faster and faster and we were off! We were going for about 10-15 minutes and we all could feel the waves under are bottoms and and I put my head on the bottom and I could feel the bumps on my hand and it even tickled my hand a little. We were just sitting there when all the sudden SPLASH! Katelyn’s side goes flat and she got sucked in like a vacuum and I thought she would be the only one that would fall in then I fall back first and all I saw was green because I think my eyes were open and what felt like 100 flips non stop! When I came back up from the water I lay motion less for a minute thinking what just happened. Caitlyn said she fell with me at first but I don’t know cause it all happened way to fast Jake on the back standing on his knees and I think he got hurt the most because he smacked his back on the waters surface.
When we all came up we say the boat keep going and turning back to us. Meanwhile we all swam to each other and asked if we were on okay and we all said we okay and that was good news we me Katelyn Turner and Caitlyn all laughed because we thought it was funny and Jake may have laughed a little to. Then We all raised our hands so the boat would see us and when the boat came back and I guess the tube popped and so we all had to get on the boat and headed back to my grandparents eat some yummy, delicious dinner.
Later that night Katelyn and I were all showered up and we sat on my grandparents porch watching the fire works and talking about the tube ride and laughed a lot. Me, Jake, Katelyn, and Caitlyn all still like to laugh about that day and we all still go tubing and have fun tubing. And I have to admit that was one of the best days and tube falls I ever had! And I think I want to to that again tomorrow.