First Week of July: A Good Start

We went skiing 4 times this week. The weather at dawn has been pretty much perfect all week. We could have gone skiing every day, but then we probably would have died or required hospitalization. The body can take only so much fun.

The best day for us was July 4. It was like a present to get in our ski before the lake was filled with the holiday crowd. By the time we were heading in, the parade of boats heading to the lake had begun. The morning crowd consists mainly of small fishing boats, jet skis, and family recreational boats towing kids around on pull toys. Since the pull toy boats do circles and figure 8s to increase the chop for the kids on the pull toys, it makes a royal mess of the lake for skiing. The lake turns into a churning mess of criss-crossing boat chop. But Al and I both got in a deliciously long 4th of July ski while the lake was still perfect. Hooray!

The 4th of July. The lake at dawn is smooth as glass.