Every summer, every Friday, I have the same old routine. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the same old routine. It's a little hard for me to concentrate on work for the entire day, because I'm so excited about the weekend ahead. I'm talking about packing up my SUV with my camping and fishing gear, hitching up my seadoo trailer, and driving up to the lake for the weekend where I spend some get away time just hanging out and cruising around the lake on my pwc.
On the lakes here in Ontario, summer is quite a long season relative to other places in Canada. I can start the camping season sometimes as early as May, although the seadoo season is usually a little more bearable in June, all the way through to September. I seem to have the knack for convincing at least one more friend each year that this is the life, and they go out and find some camping gear and set themselves up with a seadoo, trailer, life jacket, and often some pwc fishing gear.
The weekend begins immediately after work on Friday nights. The lake we've chosen this year is less than a two hour drive away, which is a perfect amount of time to unwind from work, listen to a couple of pod casts and some new itunes on my ipod, and just enjoy the drive. I generally have time when I arrive to unpack, setup, get the seadoo out on the lake, and enjoy a quick trip to say hi to some other campers I know that are just arriving for the weekend as well. Getting back before dark means we can get supper started and end up eating our burgers by the light of the campfire.
My favorite part of the weekend is Saturday morning. I get up bright and early, wash down a breakfast bar with a cup of coffee and immediately get out on the water. I take this opportunity to take a slow quiet ride around the lake looking for signs of wild life. After an hour I make my way back to camp to rouse my sleepy friends and make some breakfast. Breakfast includes much more coffee and at least a dozen eggs between us. Some how eggs made when camping seem the most delicious.
My seadoo ride on Saturday afternoon is definitely a different pace than my early morning trawl. I meet up with all my seadoo buddies and we head out for a combination of touring, visiting other campsites, and we inevitably take part in some watercraft games and races. Wave jumping another seadoo wake has to be my personal favorite. Although seadooing in a group is tons of fun, I don't want to fail to mention how important it is to keep your eyes open and follow some basic common sense and safety rules so your weekend isn't ruined with an unnecessary accident.
Sunday morning is a sleep in day, but I always manage to get out on the lake for a ride before we fire up the BBQ for a late lunch. As long as I get the seadoo out of the water before we put the grilled cheese sandwiches on the BBQ (yep, on the BBQ - my own invention!), it has time to dry out before I have to put the seadoo covers on ready to trailer home. Keeping my seadoo protected and covered is one of the biggest priorities for me, since this keep my watercraft in tip top shape for years of lake camping and seadooing. As sad as it is to go home on Sunday nights, I'm happy thinking that I'll be out again next Friday, ready to do it all over again!
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