It's been another day in paradise. The temperatures may have been high, but the steady breeze kept us comfortable. We sunbathed, read and this morning, I hiked around the lake.
Part of the hike was to get some exercise, but I was being nosy, too. Across the lake there are cabins that are rented out. Originally built as a Civilian Conservation Corps headquarters during the Great Depression (the last one, not this one!) Last year, as part of an economic recovery project, all the buildings were renovated. It was a good project, using federal money to revive a bit of history and at the same time, create jobs especially necessary in this hard hit area. They do look impressive.
The problem for us was that the previous caretakers, Mary and Marty, lost the work they'd had for years and years, and didn't come back. Mary and Marty were good friends we miss. I especially am sorry to lose our swaps. Mary had me come over to the cabins to do storytelling for our use of the shower facilities. Now, we camp for a couple of weeks here and get pretty gamey, unless our shower bag that hangs from a tree warms up enough. We can swim, of course, but we can smell a bit fishy and have sand in our various crevices when we do that.
Still, the hike was lovely through the shade of giant trees, including hemlocks.
I stopped at the boat landing to check out the new dock, built to be wheelchair accessible.
What were those campers thinking! Not only was a forest fire possible, destroying acres of pristine timber, people like us could have been killed!
People often ask me if I worry about bears. No, humans are much more dangerous.
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