70 degrees? Check. Sunny? Check. That’s plenty of checks to get us out on the lake. Bonus: the water was really calm, so it was like shooting across a piece of wavy glass at 40mph.
… Right up to the point where Pepper’s jet ski died. It just stopped working. We were miles from home (Flathead Lake is big) and couldn’t figure out how to get it running again. So we tied it to mine and towed it back.
It was slow going… these things aren’t made to pull that kind of weight. At 5mph it took about 45 minutes to get back to Yellow Bay and the dock. Luckily the sun stays up late these days. We were treated to an amazing sunset over the western shore:
It turns out the battery was the culprit. We’ll have a new battery in a few days, and should be ready to head out again.