4 Days at the Lake
Last week, we spent 4 days at the lake starting on Tuesday afternoon (8/3/04). Property
owners at Wildwood Shores are allowed to reserve one of the cabins at the lake for free, once a year for the first
two years that they own property there. So, even if you haven't built anything on your lot yet, you can still get
an idea what it will be like to spend a few days there. These cabins/houses are also used by the developers as
timeshare rentals so they are very popular and hard to reserve.
The first picture here was taken from near my favorite (so far) fishing spot at the lake. I don't know the main
lake well enough yet to fish out there - that will come later this year, hopefully. Anyway, the lake in the picture
is one that's fed by a stream that flows out of the national forest. This is connected via various channels that
lead out to the main lake. As I took this picture, I was standing in the middle of a dirt road that runs on the
east side of this small lake. At the bottom right of the picture you may be able to see part of a large culvert.
There are
two of these culverts through which the stream flows. And, directly behind me is the national forest - you can
see part of this in the second picture. Across the lake you can see a road running left to right or north-south.
The rent cabin is on this road behind the trees at the far left. Going up the hill just in front of the house
visible at the left is the road that leads to the gated entrance to Wildwood Shores.
This next picture was taken from the same spot as the one above. This time I'm facing south down the dirt road with
the national forest at the left. The house in the distance, not the first one but the one that's barely
visible just to the right of the trees on the left, is our house. That's probably a little over a half mile, as
the crow flies.
These next two shots were taken on Wednesday morning (8/4) and show the progess since the previous week. The
first shot shows that the cedar siding has been put up on the back and west sides and the tar paper has been
started on the roof.
The last shot shows cedar siding also on the east side and more progress on the roof, including the stone work
on the chimney. Also, note the bath/shower unit sitting on the back porch, one of two identical units for the
bathrooms, one downstairs and one in the loft.
Last update: 8/8/2004
