Nature Experience

Well after thinking about it for a while the most special nature experience that I could think of happens every year when my family goes on our annual houseboating trip to Lake Mead. My family loves to wakeboard and water ski so our favorite thing to do on these trips is get all of the the brothers onto the ski boat and go skiing for a few hours at a time. However, sometimes during the day the water can get pretty choppy due to all of the other boats passing by which can make it very hard to ski and wakeboard. One of the nice things about being out there on a houseboat is that when all of these other boats have to go into the harbor to take their boats out of the water, we get to stay out on the water until it is completely dark, which means that around 6 PM every night all of the brothers pile into the ski boat with my dad and we go out for what we call "the night ski." With all of the other boats gone the water suddenly turns into a sea of glass, completely flat without a ripple in it. It almost seems like a dream because the water gets so flat that it is like you are skiing on a cloud as you move across it. When I am out there with the hot desert air, wind in my hair, listening to music and talking with my family, it feels as though everything is right in the world. That "night ski" makes all of the trivial and frivolous problems that seemed to be so indispensable before drift away in the wind. This is my time to get away from everything and get a reality check on life. I am so thankful that nature is able to provide my family with this wonderful vacation from the world.