Today was (mostly) sunny and in the 50’s, and I felt like it was time to break out the jet skis. Anticipating this, I spent about an hour yesterday de-winterizing them and making sure everything was in shipshape order (that’s a nautical term). We hitched up the trailer and headed down to Yellow Bay, which is the closest put-in point on Flathead Lake.
We let Kyra take the “fast” one, and she said she hit 46mph at one point.
We headed over to Wild Horse Island, which we’d last visited in October. And we saw… some wild horses!
I’m not sure how “wild” they are– I imagine there are plenty of people who hike around the 2,100-acre island, so they’re probably quite used to seeing humans– but we didn’t want to get too close.
Here’s a picture of the ladies in their sleek wetsuits:
We also explored a few other nearby islands. Shelter Island is privately owned and has an enormous house… I think their boathouse is bigger than my entire home.
Nearby Cedar Island appears to be uninhabited. We would’ve gone exploring but there wasn’t really a good place to beach our jet skis. The water level is still around nine feet lower than full pool (that’ll change in about a month).
Overall, a great time. We’re hoping to go out again tomorrow!
