- On a family vacation, we booked an excursion to go parasailing.
- We were all so excited to try it, but on the boat, I started to feel nauseated.
- I got sick while in the air and was horrified, but it’s become a funny family story.
I was 12 years old when the grossest — but also funniest — thing happened to me on vacation .
My family and my aunt, uncle, and younger cousin rented a house in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. One day, we booked an excursion to go parasailing. We clambered excitedly onto the small boat at the bayside dock.
It was fairly windy, but the two men running the operation assured our parents it was a fine day for parasailing . We set off to the open ocean, a few hundred feet from the shoreline. The boat slowed. The water was choppy, and I felt a not-quite-pleasant swaying sensation.
We were all excited to try parasailing
My sunburn-prone dad had stayed behind, and we paired each kid with an adult to be hoisted in joint harnesses. Our cousin and uncle went first, and we watched, enthralled, as they sailed upward, big smiles plastered on their faces.