I don't own property on the lake but I do vacation up there and it is nice to anchor on the sand bars. The ones I go to have no homes nearby.
Here is my 2 cents.
When are the majority of "little" people going to join together and complain about taxes? Too many hard working, blue collar people are getting financially pushed out of their homes that they've had in their families for generations.
Eventually there will be 300 McMansions surrounding the lake and that will be it.
That being said, the people moving in; or should I say, buying up the land and building McMansions don't want a bunch of boaters, of any type, class or gender, "pee'ers or non" in front of their McMansion. These people, we'll call them "entitled" have the money and the connections to get things done; like quietly getting the "no rafting zone" agenda's pushed thru. (But no one said life is fair.)
A couple quick examples;
A) On a street was a kennel. The kennel had been there for 40 years. The farm land to the left of and behind the kennel was developed and "big" houses were built. It wasn't too long before the "new" homeowners petitioned to get the kennel ousted due to the noise. Gee, didn't you see the kennel when you were buying the house?
B) Two gun ranges (1 private, 1 used by the State Police) next to a mountain. A group of McMansions were built half way up the mountain and wouldn't you know it, here comes the petition to shut down the gun ranges.
Wealthy individuals don't care about you and me. They want what they want and "once they get it"; they don't want anyone else to get it. Somebody please try to tell me I'm wrong.
It all comes down to the have and have nots. Whether it be kennels, pistol ranges, or "no rafting zones".
As far as rafting goes?
I think I'll start selling an anchoring kit and in it will be a 50 tape measure and 4 empty bleach bottles and to each is attached a few feet of line and a soft bag weight. When you get to the sandbar, anchor your boat and then put out the bottles 50' to each side of your boat.
Shoot a flare across the bow of any boat that comes within your perimeter. "Be off you scally wag!"
The truth about pee'ing? I also think that for every "1" you see on the swim platform doing it; their are "20" in the water doing it.
Have your water tested or dig a well. I'm not saying the pee'ers are right, I'm just saying it happens.
I figure the lake should be real clean in another 50 years; by then there will only be 300 houses on it and the home owners will only be in their houses 2 weeks out of the year. And public access to schmoes will be a thing of the past.
Tick.....tock.......tick.......tock
Hugs,
CZ
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