THE APACHE LAKE EXPERIENCE
INVITE ONLY · HARDCORE APACHE LAKERS
NOW ON THE LAKE
3D tribute
October 18, 1967 – August 22, 2020
A 3D tribute at Party Cove
Party Cove at night: a light show across the mountains and his film on a giant screen. It’s the show Rick would want you to see. The 3D needs a computer. The film plays on phones too.
Open the 3D tributeDeanna’s Dock is on the water now, sign and all. Next could be pulling in, tying up and hanging out on the dock like the old days.
Real screenshot
Leave the marina and open it up on the main channel. Stay out for Power Hour.
Real screenshot
Your people are out there making noise. Follow the noise.
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The after-dark party house is back, big sign, party deck and all. Fly over the marina at Power Hour and you can’t miss it.
Real screenshot
A quiet little flyer, the canyon walls, and Roosevelt Dam with its big arch bridge at the top of the lake.
Artwork
Wakesurfing, Fingers and a race or two, right there on the water.
An interactive simulation of the real Apache Lake, built to real scale, for the Apache Lakers we invite. Pay tribute to the friends we’ve lost, take the boat out, fly the canyon, chase the music to the party and play a few games.
Early access. A handful of Apache Lakers are trying it out right now.
WHAT’S NEXT · IDEAS
Ideas, not promises. Vote for the ones you want, or send your own. What gets built depends on what Apache Lakers want and what I have time for.
In each row, the two ideas with the most votes move up front, once they have 3 votes from at least two people. My own vote counts as 3.
Voting as ·
See your friends’ boats on the water, tie up into a flotilla and hang out together.
Apache Lake had LakeFest for more than 20 years. What if we threw it again, on the virtual lake?
Live sets on a stage in Party Cove, or anywhere on the lake.
The Christmas boat parade on the virtual lake. String up your boat and cruise the cove.
One of you drives, the other one surfs. Trade off at the end of the run.
Rick’s was the first. Light up the canyon together for the people we miss.
All of Rick’s photos, quotes and stories in one place on your phone, no film required. Then one for anyone we’ve lost, made by the people who loved them.
The docks, gas dock, rental dock and both ramps are in. Next could be Schuster Lodge, with Jack’s Landing restaurant and the store, plus the old hotel and the new ones.
Walk into the bar at Schuster Lodge with your crew. Shoot pool, play shuffleboard and hang out.
Indian Head, The Wedge and the spots only Apache Lakers can name, placed where they really are.
Up before the lake wakes up. Glass water and the sun coming over the canyon.
MadProps, Hot Mess Express, Blue Water Baby: the crew’s own boats, built for the lake. Take any of them out.
Pick your hull, your colors, your tower speakers and the name on the back.
Find a piece of land anywhere on the lake and build whatever you want on it.
Earn stickers around the lake and slap them on the sticker wall or your boat.
Pin a photo or a story right at the spot it happened, for invited Apache Lakers only.
Send in your Spotify playlist and DJ Jayrod could turn it into an original lake song.
Take SR 88 flat out, with none of the real danger. Race up Fish Creek Hill, try to keep it on the road, and maybe top a leaderboard just for the crew.
Anyone who’s towed a boat up Fish Creek Hill knows. A drag-race start at the bottom, a big truck with power to spare, and a trailer that maybe has other plans.
Bass fishing with your buddies, off the launch at Burnt Corral or out on the boat at first light. Largemouth and smallmouth, and maybe a trophy.
Cruise the marina like we do: an old four-seat golf cart (tuned fast) or a hopped-up 50cc mini bike, from D Dock to Jack’s Landing to the hotels.
Explore the mountains around the lake for old gold mines, ruins and hidden treasures, the way Rick always did.
Dirt bikes on the roads and washes around the lake. Find a wash and see where it goes.
Go under the boats. The canyon keeps going below the waterline.
Pick a wall, chalk up and climb. The view from the top is all lake.
Sky’s the limit. Send your idea, and vote on the rest.
YOUR NEXT STEP
It runs on a computer with a keyboard and mouse. Got an invite? Join there. On your phone? Send yourself the link, or ask an Apache Laker for an invite.
Getting the dock ready…
This is your lake key. It’s how you get back in on another computer, or if this browser ever forgets you.
Keep it somewhere safe, like your phone’s notes or a password manager. We can’t show it again, but you can make a new one later from your invite page.
Head to the lakeThis invite code is for someone new. Send them the link instead of using it here.
Head to the lakeThe Apache Lake Experience is an interactive simulation that runs on a computer with a keyboard and mouse. Open this link on your computer to join.
Email it to myselfYour code stays unused until you join on your computer.
No invite yet? Know an Apache Laker? Ask them for one.
THE LAKE STEREO · OPEN TO EVERYONE
Press play on the songs the party plays at the cove. No invite needed, and it works on your phone.
Every song is an original. Licensing the radio hits costs a fortune, and we’d rather spend it on boat parts. So DJ Jayrod makes our own, inspired by the songs we love.
Warming up the stereo…
Songs by DJ Jayrod (Jarrod), made with Suno.
This is a passion project. I’m building the lake I love with AI, partly to see how far it can go: how real the lake can look and feel, right in a web browser.
It’s for Apache Lakers, not for a big audience. If it only comes alive for the odd event, a LakeFest night or a tribute, that’s fine with me. No ads, no growth targets. I just want to see where it goes.
The main lake will always run in your web browser on a regular computer. No downloads, no gaming PC. And I want to keep adding things to do on your phone.
Jarrod
Honest limits: the land and water are real, the scenery is simplified, and the boats, flyer and party crowd are made up. It’s early, and some things are still rough.
Run by Apache Lakers, or loved by them.
No sponsorships. Nobody paid for a spot. Just Apache Lakers we’re proud of.
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