SUNDAY ON THE LAKE

With temperatures in the mid to high 70's, a light wind, and plenty of sunshine, what better place to spend a Sunday afternoon, than on the lake. As spring break is in full swing, there was plenty to see yesterday, as we took in some of the action.

We took some food with us, and the first order of business was to stop in the middle of Thompson Bay, and have lunch, as we watched all of the boats cruising by. From there, we made our first pass through the channel. We've seen busier Sundays, but there were still a lot of boats and people congregating in what has to be "party central".

The scenery in the channel is always interesting, on a warm, sunshiny day, and it's not just the bikini clad ladies. Some of the names that folks put on the back of their boats are often amusing, particularly when the name has a double or triple meaning. I could easily do an entire blog post on just boat names. This beautiful dog wasn't necessarily "feelin Nauti", but certainly struck a perfect pose for my photo.

After making our way through the channel, and under the London Bridge, we stopped near Crazy Horse Campground, where the World Off Road Championship Series was in the middle of their motocross action. The uniqueness of this race track is the fact that it winds it's way down by the lake, and one of the best seats in the house just happens to be in your boat. The other scenery wasn't all that bad either, as dozens of boats either anchored, or drifted just off the shore where the racers were passing by.

From the racing action on the island, we transitioned to Copper Canyon, where there's always other kinds of action going on. I just happened to catch a couple of girls who climbed and jumped from the popular vertical rock. My guess is that it's about a 35-40 feet leap, and from the top of the rock, it probably looks much higher. With all of the spectators in boats, I would think that once you climbed to the top, it would be almost impossible to chicken out!

These two girls didn't disappoint anyone, and as they say - "the crowd went wild" after each girl made the jump. Copper Canyon is about a 10 minute boat ride from the south end of the channel, and is one of several spots on the lake where all of the partying takes place.


We made one more pass through the channel, then headed back to the marina, where I extended our slip rental a few days into April. One more weekend with the boat in the water, then it will be time to pull it out, probably for the summer, as the time for us to leave is rapidly approaching.