Today I visiting a lake local to where I reside, called Thetis Lake. It is situated just outside of Victoria, BC Canada, on Vancouver Island. It is one of my favorite swimming spots and I thought I’d share with you few pictures below that I took today.
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We have all been there. We are at the lake, its a hot day and we are ready to jump in the water on your large inflatable, but we messed up big time and forgot our pump at home.
Obviously the best case scenario is that we have a decent portable air pump on us or someone yells out that you can borrow there’s.
Here is a clickable link to my recommendation for BEST PREMIUM PORTABLE AIR PUMP FOR SUMMER 2017!
However if its just not in the cards for you to be able to use a pump when you need one, there still is a better way than just blowing it up old school.
Plastic Bag Hack:
This better way involves a plastic bag. Often if your out with friends there is one person who has a plastic bag on hand. Here is a good very short video on this plastic bag hack:
I figure if I save even one person’s day at the lake with this advice, this post was surely worth the time. It took a lot quicker to make than it did blowing up a air mattress without a pump! Lol, I had to throw that one in there!
Every Thursday I will be adding a new Water Toy of the week to talk about in this section. It could be something that could fall under any one of the given categories. It will be something that is currently available and often new to the market. So feel free to check back weekly to see whats fun and new I chose to feature!
This week I chose to feature a HUGE Inflatable Unicorn, (108″ -275 cm to be exact) because who doesn’t need a little magic in their lives? This inflatable is great for the pool or the lake.
Product: Unicorn Float, Inflatable Ride-on Raft by Loulax
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A few weeks ago, I needed to pick up a heavy kitchen table that I had bought off someone and transport it back to my house.
My vehicle is an SUV, a Honda CRV that has roof-racks. Even though the table surface unscrewed from the base to make for easier transport, the table surface had too large of a diameter to fit in the back of my SUV, even with the seats down flat. It was going to need to go on my vehicle’s roof rack to get it home with me.
Water noodles saved the day!
Who does not love going to a good YARD SALE? You know the kind that you can get things for a fiver or a few bucks or less? 25 cents? Or best yet, the FREE box! (I have found many amazing things in those yard sale’s FREE boxes, just say’n!)
Last summer I found a good quality water toy at a yard sale. It was a high quality inflatable doughnut with a mesh bottom, it was in perfect shape and I did pretty good only paying $5 for it. Our family got a lot of use and fun out of it during our vacation last summer. And we still have it for future use. So the moral of the blog is you don’t always have to buy your water toys new.
Here it is a picture of my daughter with that water doughnut we found for 5 bucks;
This past weekend I came across another neat water toy at a yard sale. It is a mesh net that loops around a standard sized sponge water noodle. Still in its packaging, unopened. Here is a picture of it below.
I haven’t opened the packaging yet but the concept will be similar in style to this premium duo noodle hammock a company named Water Trails sells but at fraction of the price.
It was a great snag at a yard sale kinda price, which I was happy to grab because I always bring a few of those water noodles with me when I take my girls to the lake. So it will be fun & inexpensive water toy to try out.
If you are hoping to try something like this out too , I have good news for you! If you don’t want to purchase the premium version like the one Water Trails sells online, there are cheaper variations. I noticed from the packaging on the one I picked up at the yard sale that it came from the chain dollar store DOLLORAMA. This means you can also own one of these Water Noodle Hammocks for under 2 dollars if you don’t see any kicking around on yard sale tables !
So if you don’t want to spend much money on water toys this summer don’t negate keeping your eyes open at yard sales OR dollar stores for some inexpensive options 🙂 🙂