Lake Traditions - Page 2

Weekend Pundit · 03-05-2007, 09:27 PM

I am fortunate enough to live in Gilford year round, overlooking the lake from Gunstock Acres. However that doesn't mean that we don't have our own tradition when it comes to the end of the boating season.

At the end of the last trip on the lake before we pull our boat out of the water, we play Don Henley's "Boys Of Summer" on the boat's stereo as we pull in to the docks at Glendale.

It seem like an appropriate song as our summer ends once the boat is on the trailer. That song always fills me with melancholy when I hear it as it expresses the feelings we all have when summer is over.

Waterbaby · 03-05-2007, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by joann721

We brought our Nephew who is 5 to the lake last weekend.

He also had never seen the lake frozen. He was taken with the planes and
the snowmobiles. But he didnt want to "walk" on the lake. He was very hesitant about it, and that type of caution is good so we didnt push it.

His best comment of the day- IT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT ICE CUBE !!!

I love the lake and all that it represents ...

Love the ice cube comment!!!!!!! My son didn't want to walk on the ice either, but I kind of tricked him into it, and you are so right about that type of caution! One of the guys I work with made a derogatory comment today about my son being too cautious and a baby, and I just told that guy that in that instance I was happy my son was cautious -- better to not walk on the ice and not take the chance of falling through than being stupid and just jumping onto it!!!!!! I took the precautions the night before the outing to check ice depths, however, and watched others walk across to determine the path I felt most safe. (And I will admit, I was a bit leery myself -- it's been a long bit since I walked on the Lake myself!)

Nest installment: When I take son to the Lake to see Ice Out occuring! Stay Tuned!

Hallnit · 03-06-2007, 12:16 PM

I always wear my bathing suit in the car up to the lake and as soonas the car is in park, I race to the water and jump in and go AHHHHHH

Before we leave, I drop my wife and boys off at the dock and go for a beat run in the boat by myself, just to clean out the carb

03-05-2007, 09:27 PM	#101
Weekend Pundit Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gilford Posts: 291 Thanks: 19 Thanked 51 Times in 31 Posts	Our Winni Tradition I am fortunate enough to live in Gilford year round, overlooking the lake from Gunstock Acres. However that doesn't mean that we don't have our own tradition when it comes to the end of the boating season. At the end of the last trip on the lake before we pull our boat out of the water, we play Don Henley's "Boys Of Summer" on the boat's stereo as we pull in to the docks at Glendale. It seem like an appropriate song as our summer ends once the boat is on the trailer. That song always fills me with melancholy when I hear it as it expresses the feelings we all have when summer is over.

03-06-2007, 12:16 PM	#103
Hallnit Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I always wear my bathing suit in the car up to the lake and as soonas the car is in park, I race to the water and jump in and go AHHHHHH Before we leave, I drop my wife and boys off at the dock and go for a beat run in the boat by myself, just to clean out the carb