My Mirror Stop

We spent a memorable weekend at a friend's lake cabin last summer.  It's a delightful home and a fantastic location. And they own all the gear you can imagine to turn a visit into a fantastic experience for everyone. That's what really made it memorable.

It all starts with their boat.  It's a Moomba wakeboarding boat.  I'd never heard of one before or really of wakeboarding, for that matter.  The kids really took to it and just had a ball.

The boat was decked out with all the accessories, I guess, that you need for wakeboarding.  There was a wakeboard tower complete with speakers and lights and a bimini top.  The boat sat about 4 people comfortably, and I rode along as often as I could.  It was so much fun!

They had wakeboards that were good for the first timers and, of course, the latest designs for the veterans.  They really put on a show, with their graps, heelside 360s, sideslides, and who knows what else they were doing!  There were twists and turns and aerobatics galore.  Did I say it was a lot of fun? These kids are fantastic athletes to begin with and they seemed to relish the opportunity to show off a little in front of the new guys.

The youngsters and less adventurous oldsters took turns being towed behind the boat on an inflatable raft. This may have been as much fun as the wakeboarding, although quite a bit tamer. Overall, it was nothing like the boating we used to do as kids.  Everything was amped up ten times at least.  The music was blasting, the boat was racing, the kids were flying.  And everybody came out alive and well, having had a fantastic time.

Wild boating wasn't the only focus of our weekend.  We also enjoyed cookouts and bonfires and stargazing away from the city.  But we'll return for more wakeboarding excitement next summer.  You can count on it.