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Everyone loves days on the lake-here are some ways to make them even better!

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19 Ideas To Make Your 2019 Lake Days Epic

If you're like me, then you love summertime and lake days. I live right on Higgins Lake, one of the most famous lakes in Michigan. My friends and I are always at the beach before work and have the best time tanning and swimming. Here are some ideas to make lakes days even better.

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Everyone loves days on the lake-here are some ways to make them even better!

1. Old Fashioned Picnic

2. Rent Jet Skis

3. Have a water balloon fight

4. Tye dye T-shirts and Towels

5. Throw around a frisbee or volleyball

6. Go Tubing

7. Have a water gun fight

8. Go snorkeling

9. Make sunscreen tattoos

10. Braid wet hair

11. Bring fruit and veggies

12. Float in tubes

13. Build sandcastles

14. Build a bonfire

15. Take cute pictures with your bff's

16. Take your dogs swimming

17. Rent kayaks

18. Go fishing

19. Get ice cream

It's aboat time we acknowledge the life of a lake kid.

1. Sunscreen runs through your blood stream

2. Your elbows are permanently scarred

3. Your hair is always just a tad blonder

4. "Camping" has a whole new meaning

5. Every great southern momma has a sign with some cute lake quote

6. Your hair has a personality of its own after a day on the water

7. It's either a pontoon day or a speed boat day, never both

8. Your staple bathing suits are like a second skin

9. 1,000 splinters later and you STILL don't wear shoes

10. Your favorite sunglasses will forever remain 10 feet underwater buried in the mud

11. Storms on the lake are scary and exhilarating all at once

12. You choose to ignore the fish swimming next to you

13. If another boater doesn't wave, they're permanently labeled a jerk

14. The best boat to have is someone else's

15. The BEST girl talk time happens on a tube

16. Ducks bite

17. Tubing twists you in ways you should never be twisted

18. WiFi is never needed

19. Country music has never sounded better than it does on the lake

20. You can't imagine having grown up anywhere else

Take this hiatus from your normal grind to focus on YOU.

1. Dropped expectations

2. An openness to meeting new people

3. The ability to be spontaneous

4. Lots and lots of sunscreen, water and sleep

5. The perfect playlists

6. The power to optimize your free time

7. A bomb bucket list

8. A solid friend group

9. Recipes for classic summer nights

10. A whole lotta self-love

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