It ended up being a bit of a sleep-deprived weekend, but well worth it as we drove three hours into eastern washington to find the sun for a full day of wakeboarding. The water in the Wanapum reservoir was like glass – very, very cold glass. About 48 degrees. The sun was bright and it was nearly 80 degrees in the air, but the glacier-fed water was so cold I could feel the chill through the drysuit.
It was a great day, though. I can now stand up fairly consistently and can travel back and forth across the wake – albeit fairly slowly. Next time I want to try to carve more quickly, but I’m going to need some recovery time first because my whole body aches.
On the way home, I saw an icebow for the first time. I thought it was just my dirty glasses at first, but there it was: a faint rainbow around the sun. Very cool.
