The birds chirped lazily in the towering trees. The sun was slowly beginning its descent over the horizon of Lake Eufaula. The gravel crunched under my feet as my family and I made our way down to the marina. The water under the boat docks swayed gently with the wind. Reaching our boat we prepared it for a day out on the lake. My mother had bought a boating tube the day before, and the plan was to use it the next day. The motor loudly hummed and left little room for conversation as we made our way to deeper water on the lake. Once we had found a spot that was not near any boats, we tossed the tube into the water. I jumped into the water with the tube, splashing in the murky blue-green waters of Lake Eufaula. After many attempts I
