My Seadoo And Summer Camping Weekends


I must have the best summer weekend schedule of anyone I know. Well, except for my buddies who have pretty much the same weekend schedule that I do. I spend the entire week preparing for Friday evening, where I will pack up the truck, tighten down my seadoo cover, hitch up the seadoo trailer, and head out on my 2 hour drive up to the summer campsite destination. I have a small set of friends that share the same passion for seadoo riding and camping that I do, so every year I look forward to a summer of good times relaxation at the lake.

Almost every weekend during the months of July and August I spend the weekend camping, fishing and riding my Seadoo PWC. In my opinion, it's a pretty perfect weekend getaway. I have managed to convince a few of my friends to spend most of their weekends this way as well. I have been spending my summers this way for the past 3 years. As each year passes another friend buys a Seadoo and gets to experience this joyous way of life.

The campground that me and my buddies have chosen as this years permanent weekend spot is about a 2 hour drive away. That means that I can finish up work a half hour early on Friday, and barring any cottager traffic jams I make it up to the site in time to setup the tent and put the seadoo into the lake in time for a quick spin. This still gives us time to get supper started before dark. If we start the campfire at the same time, the timing works out so we always eat our first meal of the weekend by campfire light.

The first day of the weekend is when I get the whole mini-vacation started. First thing Saturday morning I usually get up by myself so I can get out on the lake just to do a tour and see what's new in the last week. I take a travel cup of coffee with me, and get on the seadoo at super low speed so I can do the rounds without disturbing too many of my neighbors with the high speed pwc driving by. It takes about an hour, but then I make my way back to the campsite and join the family for a typical camping big breakfast.

After breakfast, we head back to the water again for some fast paced Seadoo PWC fun. We conduct various informal match races and doughnut spinning contests and other silly games. At one point we played a form of Seadoo rugby. Throughout our friendly competitions we are always careful and take measures to be safe.

The end of the weekend inevitably arrives way too soon. Before I know where the time has gone it seems that it's Sunday afternoon and the sun is on it's way down. Some thinking ahead means that the seadoos have had enough time to dry out since the late morning spin around the lake, so we don't have to put the seadoo covers back on wet pwcs. All there is left to do is to pack up the gear, hook up the pwc trailer, and head back to the city, before we get to do it all over again next weekend.

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