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A few weeks ago, I took a trip out to Lake Mead with my sister, her boyfriend Mike, and his family and friends. It was a ton of fun and I would totally do it again. We rented a spacious houseboat. Mike’s sister and her husband own a super nice Malibu Wakesetter VLX wakeboard boat and a SeaDoo supercharged jet ski.

We stayed near Echo Bay, which is a little over an hour’s drive outside of Vegas. We left San Diego around 11PM and drove all night to get there by morning. Needless to say, it was blazing out there, well past 100 degrees during the day. However, the lake provided the perfect refreshment. The lake’s water temperature was in the high 80s, so it felt nice and cool compared to the air temperature. I was surprised at how clear and clean the lake water was. Definitely not like swimming in the ocean or anything. Lake Mead has some incredible views, especially during sunset.

It was my first time on a jet ski and first time wakeboarding. I can now say I’m totally addicted to both. I took the supercharged SeaDoo out and I wasn’t quite prepared by how powerful it was. The thing accelerates unbelievably fast. I ended up doing 65 MPH over the water, which was a total trip because you can barely see the front of the jet ski, so it literally looks like you’re flying over the water.

I also tried wakeboarding. After a flurry of tips from all the experienced wakeboarders and about 10 tries, I was able to get up out of the water, stand, and cruise around for a while. It’s really a lot of fun and surprisingly tiring. Every muscle of your body is working to keep you balanced. I’m sure I’ll be doing mid-air 360s in no time…

Also did some fishing, swimming, and kayaking. Played some horseshoes and made s’mores over a campfire at night. Oh yea, and I also rode shotgun in this inflatable raft thing that got towed around at high speed by the wakeboat. It was so much damn fun.

Great trip. Now I’m super tan.