How to Become a Lake Rat: The Definitive Guide
Olivia Thomas
What is the happiest place on earth? Well, that’s easy. The lake. Whether you have a lake house or a boat, go up with someone on their boat or rent a boat, you are guaranteed to smile and have a great time. When you first find out you’re going to the lake you get so excited. You can’t wait! And as the day approaches the excitement builds up and you just cannot wait to be there. So here are the steps to ensuring you have a great time and, most importantly, becoming a lake rat:
The night before you must get all your food and what you’re going to be bringing up to the lake together. You have to cut up all the fruit, pick up some guacamole and chips and then throw the drinks in the cooler.
It’s lake day! You set your alarm for 8 a.m. and when it goes off, you just feel so calm and happy for the day ahead of you, not dreading it like you would on a work or school day. As a matter of fact, you don’t even hit the snooze button! So you start getting ready, put your swimsuit on under you clothes, put your sunscreen, towel, water bottle and sunglasses in a bag and you’re ready to go!
On your way there, jam to some good music, talk with your friends and family, but mainly just think about how you’re about to be at the happiest place ever. Once you see a view of the lake from the road, it’s just taunting you now. And then, you make it to the lake!
If it’s a lake house or boat slip, it doesn’t make a difference and nothing can hide your happiness. After you uncover the boat and put all your bags and coolers in it, it’s time for take off and you’re beyond ecstatic to get out there on that beautiful body of water, untouched by anyone else, looking like glass that is ready for you to shatter it.
The moment you have been waiting for has finally come, and you are out there flying on the water! It doesn’t even matter if your skiing, tubing, wake boarding or anything else, no matter what you are doing it is a blast on the lake. The sun shining down on you while the wind blows through your hair, there is simply no better feeling and then when you jump in the water, it’s pure bliss. Being in the water that is slightly chilly but still a comfortable temperature: there is nothing better.
Now is time to bring out the snacks. You got grapes, watermelon, chips, cookies, all kinds of things. Sitting in the boat with nothing but the gorgeous lake around you while snacking is pure contentment.
When you’re on the lake, no one’s paying attention their phone. In fact, you don’t even have a signal. It’s like time has stopped and nothing else in the world matters except those moments you’re spending on the water with your favorite people around you.
As the day goes on you’re constantly doing something else. You go tubing for a bit and then you decide you want to try something new, like knee boarding. Then you float on the lake or just lay out on the boat. Whether you’re doing a water sport or literally sitting and doing nothing, you’re not board. Boredom does not exist on the lake.
And then the time comes to say goodbye to the happiest place on earth. Yes, this could be a sad moment, but it’s not. When you leave, you are just so happy with your experience, and you can’t be mad about anything that happened. On the car ride home, you might experience a bit of sadness, but that’s just because of how glad you are with what happened, and you never want it to end. That is why the lake is the happiest place on earth.
