boats and docks

Time for more vacation photos. :-)



( more pictures behind the cut )

The first picture is our dock at the local marina — it’s a long, floating structure with multiple slips. The second picture is our slip, with my mom holding our main boat.

The third picture is our main boat in the shore station at our dock on the island, the one that leads up to our cabin. And the last picture is our little boat — basically a rowboat with a small outboard motor clamped on — which Dad and I used to take bridge repair supplies down to the east portage since it’s much more maneuverable in shallow water.

All this stuff is co-owned by my dad and his sister, my Aunt Jan. Someday it will pass down to me, Vicky, and our cousin Brian. Theoretically our cousin Eric will also inherit, but he hasn’t been to the lake in years so he may give Brian his share. (Cabins and boats do not maintain or pay for themselves, after all!)

calling the four directions

Four views from the end of our dock.



1. Looking north toward O'Neil's Point (aka Anderson's Point). There is a UU camp over there, between the east portage and the point, called Unistar. I have always vaguely wanted to attend even though that's kind of silly when I am already an islander... but hey, I'm a UU too, right? And it would definitely not be the same as spending a week in my family's cabin.



2. Looking east across the lake toward the mainland. You can see a few fishing boats toward the right of the picture. This was a pretty calm day, just a light breeze, so the waves are quite small. We had some other days where the lake was as still as glass, but that's quite rare overall. Whitecaps are sadly more common.



3. Looking south toward Ah-Nung Point (aka Starr's Point). Cedar Island is technically in this picture, but it got lost against the backdrop of the mainland. Alas for my cell phone camera's imperfect focus.



4. Looking west toward the stairs up to our cabin. The stones at the base of the bluff are not natural; they are part of a riprap anti-erosion project that a whole bunch of cabin-owners collectively paid for after wrangling permission from the Forest Service, back when a series of high water years were threatening to carve the ground out from under our cabins. You can see the project extending along the shore in the northern and southern views.

These pictures were all taken within a minute of each other, despite the dramatic difference in perceived colors in the final photo. Light has funny effects sometimes, doesn't it? *wry*