What have you done for Your lake
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I like where this thread is headed....pictures of the good old days.
I had some wood that day..................
O Wow!
That was Gramps old hat. I wore that thing all that year +... I may still have it. lol
Great finds Jeff
Water.
Just having some form of water has offered me so many moments to capture. Lake or pond. Stream or creek.
Just having some form of water has offered me so many moments to capture. Lake or pond. Stream or creek.
Agreed Jim, there is just something about a pond, lake, or ocean. Each different but each bringing a feeling that only open water brings.
Beautiful pics, keep em coming.
Beautiful pics, keep em coming.
I have another story involving the lake and an old farm house.
In 1856, a farm house and barn stood on an area of land we have always called “The picnic grounds”. A couple of acres of nice open grass, hard wood and fruit trees. By the 1950’s only the barn backing up to the lake remained. It was dismantled and a few heavy beams were stored. In the 1960’s the two last big wood beams were hauled from storage and used to build a bridge over 500 yards east of the old barn site, way back in the hard woods over a 6-8 ft wide feeder stream for snowmobiles and foot traffic.
And there they rested for maybe 10-15 years until one wet spring a heavy rain flooded the area and washed the whole bridge down and out to the mouth of the lake coming to rest in some cat tails less than 200 yards from their original barn location. It became a sort of land mark at the top of the lake where the stream emptied into the lake. Over the years it was a sunning spot for birds and turtles and a home for muskrats. Around 2005 or 2006 another big storm finally broke it loose and it would slowly blow up and down the 8-acre lake for several years. (A big ol lopsided bridge 6’ x 15’ (ish), An 3’ to 4’ corner covered with live cattails just growin away…
Then in 2009, the damn thing drifted to its final resting place just 10 foot from the old barn’s original location… After a month I decided I had to do something and dragged the 2 beams out of the lake with the tractor and knocked the other wood off so they could dry out.
Closer to the mouth of the lake we have always had a foot bridge for folks. Over the generations many designs have been tried. All eventually wash out in the “every so many years” really heavy rain storms lasting for days. It was decided to use the beams for another bridge.
Two really heavy cement blocks were positioned, and the beams were positioned and strapped to the blocks. A over-kill deck was added and a few tree trunks and river clay and muck to cement the steps in place.
In 1856, a farm house and barn stood on an area of land we have always called “The picnic grounds”. A couple of acres of nice open grass, hard wood and fruit trees. By the 1950’s only the barn backing up to the lake remained. It was dismantled and a few heavy beams were stored. In the 1960’s the two last big wood beams were hauled from storage and used to build a bridge over 500 yards east of the old barn site, way back in the hard woods over a 6-8 ft wide feeder stream for snowmobiles and foot traffic.
And there they rested for maybe 10-15 years until one wet spring a heavy rain flooded the area and washed the whole bridge down and out to the mouth of the lake coming to rest in some cat tails less than 200 yards from their original barn location. It became a sort of land mark at the top of the lake where the stream emptied into the lake. Over the years it was a sunning spot for birds and turtles and a home for muskrats. Around 2005 or 2006 another big storm finally broke it loose and it would slowly blow up and down the 8-acre lake for several years. (A big ol lopsided bridge 6’ x 15’ (ish), An 3’ to 4’ corner covered with live cattails just growin away…
Then in 2009, the damn thing drifted to its final resting place just 10 foot from the old barn’s original location… After a month I decided I had to do something and dragged the 2 beams out of the lake with the tractor and knocked the other wood off so they could dry out.
Closer to the mouth of the lake we have always had a foot bridge for folks. Over the generations many designs have been tried. All eventually wash out in the “every so many years” really heavy rain storms lasting for days. It was decided to use the beams for another bridge.
Two really heavy cement blocks were positioned, and the beams were positioned and strapped to the blocks. A over-kill deck was added and a few tree trunks and river clay and muck to cement the steps in place.
So I don't know about these "Orb" things that tend to show up in pictures but some folks say they are "spirits" or "fairies" or "souls" and such.
I can say that one evening we were trying to wrap up the decking and the pictures were each taken with-in a minute or less. No rain or fog or mist. Clean lens.
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Great stories Jim. Thanks for posting them and letting us hear the history fellas.
Still remember that weekend and meeting your folks and seeing your dad with ol Geezer tooling around in that golf cart all over the property. Pictures of the lake are awesome but it's much better in person.
Still remember that weekend and meeting your folks and seeing your dad with ol Geezer tooling around in that golf cart all over the property. Pictures of the lake are awesome but it's much better in person.
Do you see why I said I was handicapped by my boat captain
Ouch...........I just felt bad for Danmann and CJD3.............we could have won it but age before beauty and buff Bagwell's.
Where is your brotherly competitiveness? Lol
At least I lost to a good team of guys. I'll take that loss but still need another shot lol.