A Stormy Day on the Lake
Lake Huron, like all the Great Lakes, is known for the fierceness of her storms. Today the lake is roiling in a summer storm, which is tame compared to her winter storms. It is awesome to watch the turmoil outside from the comfort of the great room in the Main House. This old house ( a Sears and Roebuck kit house built in 1909) has weathered these storms for 108 years!
The boathouse, also about that old, is not faring as well. Winter ice forms around the cribs and docks, then when the currents move under the ice, it leaves a tremendous weight hanging from those timbers. We are having two different dock builders come out to give us estimates for a complete restoration of the cribs under the boat house the the docks. We are already shuddering at the projected cost!
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