Finally made it up to the lake, and the view made it all worth it. Some of my friends drove up the night before and had already started playing on the water:

Even Soji was ready to go!

But, by the time they came back he was finished with being on the boat and jumped right after this picture to swim the rest of the way.

I tried my luck on the water skis, but it turns out I should not count on entering any skiing competitions anytime soon. I can snow ski with the best of ‘em, but the whole being pulled by a rope thing just wasn’t working out for me.

That was me, all prepared and ready to splash down on my face and be drug through the water. I also played on the wave runner and paddled the kayak around for a while. It was a very fun day. I ended up with a nice life jacket tan.

I did find a new breakfast idea while at the lake:

This was made with quick-cook oats (uncooked), plain yogurt, and various dried fruits (raisins, dates, etc). It was really good, and apparently super easy to make, so that might have to make future appearances in breakfasts to come.