I have been to more lakes in the last three day than I have in the last three years or so. Two. Today was the second of our two lakes to visit on this long weekend. This time it was Lake James. I have no great affinity for Lake James but the two friends who were with us have a long history there, beginning with their first date. Believe me that was a long time ago. We toured the Pokagon Lodge where they had stayed many times, took a short hike through the woods and finished up with a two-hour tour by boat around the lake. My Wonder Spouse set this up and it was excellent. Kudos to him also for the care he took to get us as close as possible to our various destinations because one of my friends has a hard time walking very far. But about the boat tour, our captain, Captain Cook, had an amazing knowledge of the history of the lake. He told us about the early German Lutherans from Fort Wayne who came by train on summer weekends to spend time at Lake James, showed us some of the earliest cottages, and lots of the fabulous new cottages, He showed us Chuck Surack's cottage and we saw him flying in in his helicopter. We saw so many fabulous "cottages" that I lost count. We learned that Jimmerson Lake, was probably misnamed. The survey map of that lake was signed James & Son, but was misread as Jimmerson. Too many flourishes I guess. Snow Lake, another part of the whole, was so named because of the abundance of Cottonwood Trees that used to grow there. And so it went. Lots and lots of fun facts mixed with a beautiful day on the water.
This is my favorite picture. An amazing, but not very old castle owned by a man with a very good sense of humor. People have 'invaded' his castle wearing aluminum foil armor and used it as a site for a scavenger hunt, among other things.
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