Sunday, September 8, 2019

YOLO summer June 2019

 Karen's little fishing boat, sitting at its mooring block on a calm day.

We were a bit late getting the boats in the water this year.  It had been a very cold winter in Higgins Lake, so we weren't in any hurry to get into the cold water too soon.  We manhandled the hoist from the backyard into the lake and set it up first.  Jason needed to trim the cross beams so they wouldn't rub on the trampoline of the Hobie Cat.  Here, he has his electric saw on the dock to cut off the corners of the beams.  Electricty and water?  Yep, I had my phone handy, ready to dial 911, but Jason tied off the cord so it wouldn't get into the water.
 We had to rearrange an entire garage of stored stuff and shelves to get to the Hobie Cat to get it ready to launch.  At the last minute, as it was backing off the trailer into the water, Jason got his finger caught and pinched between the bow of the boat and the trailer and it ripped a nasty slice in his finger.  A trip to the emergency room the next day was an exercise in frustration, but he couldn't move forward with prepping the Hobie until this was healed.
 The normally clear water turned a lemony brown for a few days.  Not sure why, but perhaps the tannin-rich waters got moved our way for a few days.  It then went back to being gin clear.
 We drove our elderly neighbors up to Kingsley for their grandson's graduation.  They had a pig roast barbeque and it was delicious.  Here, the pig is getting trimmed and ready for serving.
 If you like pork crackling, you'd be horrified that they took the skin off and chucked it all on the ground as garbage.
 The current view of the lake cottage from the end of the dock.
 Finally, the Hobie Cat got its mast stepped.  Now we could actually use it.
 This was the cottage as it looked when we first bought it in 1997.  Lots of trees have since been removed or trimmed.

We cleared off over a dozen trees the first year we had the cottage to get a bit more sun and remove big trees that were dangerously close to the home.

An old view from the end of the old dock. A photo of an old photo.
 We've been having issues with shoreline erosion from high water and folks have been arguing over the proper lake level.  I was looking at old pictures to compare our shoreline from then and now. If you could see this original, Jason still had dark brown hair!
 The inside of the cottage hasn't changed at all.

Jason convinced the Road Commission to add a bit of road material in front of our house so the rains don't all wash down our driveway into the front yard.  We are a low spot on this shore and we get huge puddles in the yard that never quite go away.  The extra dirt/clay/sand mix helped.
 Jason enjoying a fire in our firepit.
 The boats and dock ready for use.

1 comment:

s/v Libertad said...

Looks fantastic....can't wait to visit.