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Originally Posted by Belmont Resident
I’ve tried to bite my tongue on this one bit I can’t and I’m sure I’ll hear about it but just the same.
You have every right to swim on the beaches but you also do not own the water, or the ground under it. I understand your concern with people anchoring to the shore and crowding the beach. But with all due respect the water is there for all of us to enjoy. This is typical south of the boarder attitude, what’s mine is mine keep away.
Pretty soon people like you will have every cove, sand bar or shallow area posted as a no rafting zone.
Sounds pretty selfish to me but who am I? Just a boater who likes to find a quit spot, like the area you want no boats to be in, to enjoy the sun and relax.
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I was asking for some advice and suggestions for a compromise. Instead, I could have taken the route of a jackass and called Marine Patrol and the Lakes Region Trust every time I saw a person trespassing on the protected land and for every time I witnessed a violation (of which there are many). I also could've shut down the rope swing that a tremendous number of people enjoy. Then pretty much everyone loses. Like I said in my first message, "the island is a unique resource whose protected coves offer shelter and beauty to boaters, and I fully want these boaters to keep enjoying it." Is it too much to ask for a way to use a small part of the beach even ONE time this summer? I'm asking for compromises like not tying to the trees on the land, not breaking the laws of the Trust and venturing onshore and using it as a public toilet, and moving boats 25 more feet offshore so we can actually step foot in the water and I don't have to worry about the kids tripping over anchors.
If we saved up and shelled out the money to purchase the property (you could've too) and we are paying the chunky taxes, why don't we have the right to enjoy it even HALF as much as "the visitors"? You come by and tell the kids they can't go over and use their beach to swim because there are too many strangers using it. Thanks a lot guys.
To those of you who did offer helpful advice, my family and I appreciate your help even if we can't figure out a solution. You're the kind of people that truly make this lake a great place to live.