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I read the ad again on Facebook Marketplace, “free”   ‘All you have to do is pick them up’, my opportunist brain said, how hard can transporting twelve 3′ x 9′ floats be?’ Without much more thinking about the endeavor, I jumped into action, contacted the seller and schmoozed my youngest son Nate, ‘whatcha doin this afternoon?’ Turned out he was available and willing. We were to meet the float donators at the boat ramp at Goss Lake. As luck would have it, this beautiful spot with free goods is ten minutes just over the hill from my place but you have to drive around through Freeland and then down East Harbor Road to get there, still only a 15 minute drive tops!.

When we arrived, we didn’t see anyone with a stack of floats so we waited.   Alas, off in the distance across the lake there was movement, Our adventure had just elevated a notch, these geniuses were making their way towards us on their own floating dock powered with an electric motor, trailing behind a group of white floats, like ducklings following their mama. After some laughter and amazement as we watched the new dock floats get closer, an idea for another new project was conceived, something cool to do is always an option in my world.

Heavy is an understatement, I hadn’t taken into consideration the waterlogged scenario. We were using Nate’s small Dodge Dakota truck to transport these beasts so we made two trips. We stacked them under cover for several months as the project brewed and I researched how to build a dock. I am not sure how I got by for so many years without the DIY support of YouTube.

Several months later, I was talking about my dock building idea with my oldest son Kyle, picking his brain for ideas. “That’ll be a cool project,” he responded with excitement, “Adam and I will come out Saturday and make it happen, here’s your supply list”. Happy Mother’s Day!

Nothing like grown children with skills!

It was a lot of hard work but Kyle and Adam got ‘er done. Nate stopped by on his way home that afternoon wearing white shoes and we laughed about trying to keep THOSE clean!  Everyone in the group had experience with the muck at the water’s edge which made it even funnier so we couldn’t help but rib Nate a little.

Sometimes my visions for the property that bypass my rudimentary building skills are met by big sighs and eye rolls from my busy and otherwise life engaged children. To my delight, this project got off the ground and afloat with enthusiasm!  And my heart was full to have both my sons there for the dock’s launch.  

Our beautiful community lake wasn’t always serene. When we bought this property 2-1/2 decades ago, there was talk about of an eventual lake but then it was just a peat bog. For several years, we lived through equipment noise and dust every summer while they farmed the peat and hauled it to a local landscaping business. Every spring, they would pump the water out just as the water fowl were preparing nesting areas to raise their new families. After a couple of permit extensions, they finally finished and the lake filled up. Over the years, water lovers of all sizes have swam, floated and kayaked on this five acre lake but only after first mucking through the mud. It took a strong soul to journey to the water’s edge, endure mud ooze between toes or get shoes sucked into its abyss, it was always worth it but many declined its inviting pull.  Some shoes were never seen again.

Never stop dreaming is the message here, even a mud free entrance to serenity can become reality.

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