TimDunklee.com » wakeboarding http://www.timdunklee.com my digital life story Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:25:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Time to Bust Out the Sandals http://www.timdunklee.com/2010/06/time-to-bust-out-the-sandals/ http://www.timdunklee.com/2010/06/time-to-bust-out-the-sandals/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:25:53 +0000 tjdunklee http://www.timdunklee.com/?p=312 Just in case you didn’t know, yesterday was the official start of summer. Although the summer is just beginning, the sunburn on my back tells me that I tried to celebrate a bit to early… Note to self: Listen more to your girlfriend regarding sunscreen application. The sunburn was caused by one of my frequent excursions to the lake for a little wakeboarding this spring. It feels great to get the board under my feet again, but the water still hurts more than you think when it comes in contact with your face at a high rate of speed. I’m looking forward to learning a few new things behind the boat this year, especially since I have health insurance at the time being. Even beyond the wakeboarding, there is nothing quite like spending a day out on the lake. Being a true Minnesotan, it seems that the love of water was ingrained into my brain at a very young age. I would definitely say I love every part of boating, but nothing can beat a mid-summer sunset from the boat. It just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside to see the sky turn magnificient colors after a day on the water. Well I have babbled on long enough, see you on the lake!

]]> http://www.timdunklee.com/2010/06/time-to-bust-out-the-sandals/feed/ 0 Celebrating the Fourth http://www.timdunklee.com/2009/07/happy-pendence-day/ http://www.timdunklee.com/2009/07/happy-pendence-day/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:53:14 +0000 tjdunklee http://www.timdunklee.com/?p=180 Another long weekend has come and gone too quickly.  This time the cause for celebration was the 4th of July.  The fun started out on Friday with a great trip to the beach with close friends.  Many games of “cups” were played and even though the sun wasn’t very bright, I think I soaked up a quite a few rays.  After our beach adventure, we headed out to do a little fishing off Mike’s Dock at Lake Olson.  The lake was beautifully calm and really made me wish I still had the boat for a little wakeboarding!  Luckily, I had the opportunity to fill my boating desires with a kayak!

For the rest of the weekend we set our destination for Lake Mille Lacs and my parents cabin.  The weather was perfect the whole time and it was great just hanging out with the family.  Kate caught her first couple fish on the Lake and we ended up getting a few keepers.  I mostly caught Perch, but did manage to reel in one Northern Pike!  Shortly after we finished fishing we witnessed the fireworks show right over Wahkon bay.   The next morning after a good meal of  Walleye for breakfast, we took off for Aitkin to cure my wakeboarding fix.  The water temperature was perfect and we had a blast wakeboarding with the family!  Thank you Annie and Eric for the hospitality!  I think it’s safe to say that we had a great holiday weekend.

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]]> http://www.timdunklee.com/2009/06/im-officially-boatless/feed/ 2 Summer + Wakeboarding+ Golf? http://www.timdunklee.com/2009/05/beginning-of-summer-and-wakeboarding/ http://www.timdunklee.com/2009/05/beginning-of-summer-and-wakeboarding/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 06:03:15 +0000 tjdunklee http://www.timdunklee.com/?p=165 It’s officially summer once the boat hits the water for the initial wakeboard trips!  We’ve been out twice in the last week and I forgot how much fun it is being out on the lake.  The water is still quite chilly but that doesn’t stop us from having a good time on the wakeboards.  After a couple times out, we have already seen a bunch of newcomers take a liking to the sport.  I hope they keep coming out and see how addicting these board sports can truly be….

In the time between wakeboarding and work, I have actually been playing quite a bit of golf.  The old golf swing has actually been coming back to me fairly well, although it is still inconsistent as ever!  Sometimes the ball goes perfectly straight, but other times it is on a collision course with the nearest tree….  Oh well, it’s good to feel the warmth of summer and the wealth of possibilities it brings with it.  Bust out the sunglasses and enjoy it while it lasts…

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