MANY PEOPLE GOT NEW INSURANCE,
BUT HE ALSO SAID WE DON'T YET
NOW THE FULL COST OF THE
PROGRAM.
WE HAVE -- WE ARE STARTING
THE WCCO ROAD TRIP WITH A PAIR
WHO HAD ME LAUGHING WITH THEIR
AT -- ADVENTURES.
YET -- YES THEY DID.
WE'RE -- WE'RE OCCUREOUS, WILL
-- WILL THERE BE TEARS OR
LAUGHTER TONIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, A
LOT OF THE LAUGHTER WAS WITH US
-- AT -- WITH US, NOT AT US,
AND I THINK IT WAS OUR ABILITY
TO -- OR INABILITY TO PADDLE A
CANOE.
THEY DECIDED TO PUT US IN A
BOAT, BUT THIS TIME, WITH A
BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE.
CAN WE CALL YOU CAPTAIN
LARRY?
CAPTAIN LARRY IS FINE.
OKAY.
GET US OUT ON THE LAKE.
I CAN DO THAT.
GET US GOING, AND ONCE WE
ARE OUT OF HARM'S WAY I'LL SHOW
YOU GUYS WHAT TO DO, AND YOU
WILL BE DRIVING THE PEARL OF
THE LAKE AROUND LAKE PEPIN.
WE'RE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TODAY.
REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
FIRST OFF, WE HAVE OVER 200
LIFE JACKETS ON BOARD.
I'M GOING TO -- I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU KNEW THIS OR NOT, BUT
WATER-SKIING WAS ACTUALLY
INVENTED ON THIS LAKE.
RALPH SAMUELSON INVENTED IT
BACK IN 1922 AND THE FIRST TIME
HE ACTUALLY WATER-SKIED WAS
BEHIND AN AIRPLANE AND NOT
BEHIND A BOAT.
WE'RE GOING IN THE STRAI
STRAI -- WE'RE GOING STRAIGHT.
WOOHOO.
AND ONE BLOND SAYS, WHAT DO
YOU THINK IS CLOSER, THE MOON
OR MIAMI?
I'M FLYING.
AND THE OTHER BLOND SAYS,
WELL, DUH, WE CAN SEE THE MOON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE
OTHER BOATERS ARE THINKING?
WHY /STK THE -- IS THE
PADDLE BOAT ZIGZAGGING?
OUR THANKS TO CAPTAIN LARRY
KNEELSON FOR HELPING US OUT
THERE.
YES.
A 90 MINUTE CREWS ON THE
PEARL OF THE HASH BE OR --
PEARL OF THE LAKE, WILL CAST
$15, IF AMELIA AND I ARE
LEADING THE CRUISE, IT'S FREE
FOR EVERYBODY.
IT'S A MUCH, MUCH MORE
MELLOW EXPERIENCE COMPARED TO
OUR EXPERIENCE UP IN ELY.
WE HAD A LOT THAT WE DID
TODAY.
WE JAM PACKED THE DAY.
CHRIS, YOU GUYS WOULD ENJOY
THIS.
A /SKWRO -- GENTLEMAN NAMED
JOHN CAME UP TO US AND SAID WE
WERE BUMMED THAT WE DIDN'T GO
WATER-SKIING.
HE TOOK YOU AND JOHN OUT
WATER-SKIING WHEN YOU GUYS CAME
UP HERE, AND HE SAID HE WOULD
HAVE RATHER TAKEN US /PRAFPLT
PARAGRAPH WE'RE GOING TO DO A
LOT OF SHOPPING TOMORROW, AND
FIND SOME MORE PLACES TO EAT,
AND OF COURSE WATER-SKI DAYS
/STPART -- START.
LADIES, YOU'RE THE BEST.
SORRY, I WAS JUST --
YOU'RE TAKING NOTES.
I'M SCRATCHING JOHN OFF MY
LIST OF GUYS TO CONTACT IN LAKE
CITY.
OH, HE'S A NICE GUY.
YOU GUYS HAD A GREAT TIME,
SO WONDERFUL, AND YOU KICKED
