A pontoon ride around the lake.

Dad: Over there's where my brother Pat almost drowned. He was maybe six or eight. They pulled him out and he wasn't breathing. My Dad and my Uncle tried the old Navy resuscitation method, where you just pull their arms up and back behind them. A woman stopped her car on the road and said, "It's no use. That boy's dead." I'll never forget that. Finally someone said, "They're saying now you're supposed to try to blow in their mouth." Most people didn't know about CPR back then. Eventually they got him to throw up and start breathing.

I've heard this story dozens of time but it always spooks me out. Sherry and I have always been swimming pool kids, more than a little nervous about natural bodies of water.

Dad: After we got back to Ohio, my first day back, I was at the swimming pool and they dragged a dead kid off the bottom. I'll tell ya... put me off swimming for a while.