We were not sure if we would get out on the lake today, meteorologists were forecasting lots of rain for the area starting yesterday. And it did actually rain yesterday morning so it appeared that they would actually be correct for once. BUT, they were wrong. The weather cleared this morning and we were able to go out under somewhat cloudy skies. We didn't get out as early as we would have liked because we wanted to be cautious about the forecast. So after the sun came up and there was still no activity on the radar we decided to hit the lake.
It was just Jenny and I for this trip. We got on the lake about 9:30am and there were fishermen all over the lake. There must have been a Labor Day Weekend tournament going on. We went over to the Speegleville area of Lake Waco to get out of the wind but still stay close enough to our boat ramp should the weather turn for the worse.
I rode slalom first and had some really good turns on both sides of the wake. Including one turn on the right side in which I was leaning so hard in the turn that my rope handle went into the water, a first for me, and it startled me for a split second. Jenny just happened to be turned to where she could see it and she made a face as if to say "that's gonna make him fall". Took a short break in the water after 2 solid passes then got up for a third pass. About half way thru I hit another boat's wake that we were crossing over and it jarred me just enough to cause my old high school cross country injury (slipped SI joint) in my back to act up. I couldn't put any pressure on my back foot from that point on so after attempting two more turns I had to call it quits. After a short therapy/stretching session, Jenny went out on slalom.
She did a very good job working on her hand release timing during her turns. She also had a few really good turns where she is starting to put more pressure on her back foot thru the turns. Unfortunately, there were a few fishing boats moving around during her run so she had to deal with quite a few rollers. She reminds me of where I was just a few years ago.
After some more stretching, I decided not to waste the good water - especially if it does actually rain the rest of the weekend as predicted. I went out on tricks since they are very low stress to ride. Did several 360s in each direction and multiple back to back to back 360s. Completed helicopters on both sides of the wake. I had to quit before I really wanted to because there were just too many boats coming around our area.
We made a short trip thru the Lake Waco Marina to see if people were moving around. Not much movement for a holiday weekend so I'm assuming the weather scared people away. We then went back across the lake to our boat ramp at Midway Park, where we swam for a short bit before loading the boat up and heading home at about 11:30am.
1.5 hours skiing, 2 skiers, 4 skies used, 3 ropes used
Hopefully more on Monday,
Jerry
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