{"id":193818,"date":"2025-09-02T10:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/193818\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:01:25","slug":"end-of-summer-fun-at-lake-pleasant-before-storms-arrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/193818\/","title":{"rendered":"End-of-summer fun at Lake Pleasant before storms arrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1D7413E3E52522CE857AC708C4DC8B6B-0-1756787233064.png\" alt=\"Lake Pleasant packed as residents celebrate Labor Day\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-fa1f2118=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/weather\/arizona-weather-forecast-9125\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>monsoon storms rolled in<\/strong><\/a>, hundreds of people celebrated Labor Day with a final summer splash at Lake Pleasant, with many taking advantage of the day off work and school to enjoy the sun and water.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a lot of fun. This is the place to be,&#8221; said a lake-goer named Andrew.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Attendees spent the day enjoying a variety of activities, from four-hour boat rides to paddleboarding and swimming.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">&#8220;We took the boat out, took a little tour, and did some swimming in the middle of the lake,&#8221; said Tamika, who hoped for cooler weather in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Even with temperatures well over 100 degrees, many said the day was perfect.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A6478AF7A2A9D49D264E334B7E5DBB3F-0-1756773186054.png\" alt=\"Dust storm, rain arrive in the Phoenix area\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-fa1f2118=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">&#8220;It was hot, but it was awesome,&#8221; said Stacey, another lake visitor. &#8220;When it got to the breeze, it was amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The holiday attracted visitors from across the country and around the world, including Daniel from Lebanon, who was celebrating his first Labor Day in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">&#8220;I&#8217;m having my first Labor Day here in America at this amazing location,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">While monsoon weather eventually forced vendors to pack up, the storms arrived as many were already heading home, providing a fitting end to a long, hot summer.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/holidays\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holidays<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/weather\/monsoons\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monsoons<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maricopa County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before monsoon storms rolled in, hundreds of people celebrated Labor Day with a final summer splash at Lake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":193819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,7709,1588,60242,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-193818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-holidays","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-monsoons","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115134128815744055","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}