May 2019....pics!

[MnLakeBum]

A couple more.

[AsLan7]

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Beautiful pics mnlb!

[cmattj]

A couple more.

Looking good! What a weather transformation in the last few weeks.

[Ytmsn]

Pretty freakin cool Bum. Pretty freakin cool..

We've had soo much rain here. My wife and I were comparing our woods today to a medieval forest where we're building our wedding venue. At least that's what it feels like! Here is the "back entrance" to the ceremony area with our big white wolf dog laying in the trail.

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This is how the same area started out

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[BIGGUSBLOCKUS]

Great setup Bum. We went to Gull Lake all the time when I was a kid. Curious about the Iowa registration on your Marker One. Are you secretly an Iowan?

[Tuscany]

Shall I post pictures of endless wind, rain, cold, mud, clouds and overgrown grass along with a total absence of the Sun ?
Yes or no?
Or, do you already have a picture of your own?

At least it’s beautiful in our greenhouses..
And for you meat eaters...

[Tuscany]

And a few more to brighten your other cloudy north east day.

[Ytmsn]

Jeesh Tusc. Now I have to go eat something. I'd be as big as a house if I worked in that kind of environment!

[Tuscany]

Tell me...
You don’t know the half of it.
Shall I post the pie/cookies/desert section?

[MnLakeBum]

Great setup Bum. We went to Gull Lake all the time when I was a kid. Curious about the Iowa registration on your Marker One. Are you secretly an Iowan?

Well, I did attend Iowa State for my freshman and sophomore years of college, lol. I bought the boat slightly used(32 hours) from a dealer in Iowa 2 years ago and had it shipped to a marina in Minnesota. We were living in California at the time and of course my wife thought I was crazy for buying a boat before construction even started on our lake home but it was too good of deal to pass up. The first summer I didn’t bother to change the registration because we only had it in the water for 10 days when we were vacationing at a resort near our home that was under construction. Last summer I was too lazy to switch the still valid IA registration with the cross country move, finishing construction on our lake home, buying a dock, buying an R5, buying two Sea Doos, etc. Last week I finally went in and paid the MN registration - just waiting on the numbers.

[BobRae99]

Sun is up at 6:16 am - I love the fact that it is light out for nearly 15 hours already. I’ll have pictures later of both boats in the water. Hopefully by 1 pm today!

Bum that looks beautiful!

I should have been doing the same thing, drinking my coffee and watching the sun rise in front of the fire at our lakehouse but our lake is flooded. So early this morning I was sitting in my chair drinking coffee listening to the rain hit our skylight. Grrr

I remember you saying your lake level hardly fluctuates, so I went off on a 45 minute tangent trying to learn the how and why on Minnesota lake levels.

The first thing I learned is never trust Google. Minnesota is NOT the state with the most lakes, even though a Google search says it is? Ask Google which state has the most lakes and it will say MN ( billed as 10,000, but there are actually 11.500) yet Wisconsin has 15,000 lakes and Alaska has three MILLion? Pretty sure Alaska is still a state..
So MN must do a better job of marketing.

I never could find a real answer to water level management. I read about the MN Dept of Nature Resources (DNR) and their management and I read more about glaciers carving out all the natural lakes up north, and how rain and snow may affect levels by a couple feet, but outflow is not managed? Again, I dont trust my Google answer.

In our part of the country all of the lakes were built on a river for flood control. OK is the State with the most man-made lakes, and we are covered in man-made ponds, all as a result of the dust bowl days. But all the lakes were built on rivers for flood control. I discovered OK has more shoreline than both the east and west coasts combined. (Again, good marketing) Sounds impressive until I learned that MN has 90,000 moles of shoreline, more than CA, FL and HI combined. Wow...

I still have not found an answer on how Minnesota lake levels are managed when you get excessive rain or snow fall. I had to climb out of the rabbit hole...

I'm wondering, for those on lakes that fluctuate wildly from year to year, insult the answer a floating dock system, rather than one anchored to the lake bed? In our marina, we can experience a 3' variation in level if there is a prolonged wind storm from the north and the lake can drop if the wind is sustained from the south. The marina has floating docks and the only thing that changes is the angle of the gangway (steep or flatter) depending on what level the lake is at.

[cmattj]

Jeesh Tusc. Now I have to go eat something. I'd be as big as a house if I worked in that kind of environment!

Awesome pics T!

I’ll volunteer with Ytmsn to run the outside BBQ for tri-tip sammmitches. ( short lived career I’m sure).

[cmattj]

Pretty freakin cool Bum. Pretty freakin cool..

We've had soo much rain here. My wife and I were comparing our woods today to a medieval forest where we're building our wedding venue. At least that's what it feels like! Here is the "back entrance" to the ceremony area with our big white wolf dog laying in the trail.

Great shot! Gorgeous White Shepherd!

[MnLakeBum]

I broke out the Makita buffer and my 3M - the hull is looking ready for the summer! I’m now kicking back enjoying a beer with my wife and listening to some Jack Johnson in the pontoon boat on the lift.

[Tuscany]

Jeesh Tusc. Now I have to go eat something. I'd be as big as a house if I worked in that kind of environment!

Awesome pics T!

I’ll volunteer with Ytmsn to run the outside BBQ for tri-tip sammmitches. ( short lived career I’m sure).

You’re hired. it does require a CDL though. We may need to bring the outdoor BBQ to the next get together.