24 September 2013

Steve & I climbed Mt. Cardigan in the morning.  Wind was howling at 40+ knots on the summit and our candy bars froze.  Lovely weather!  Then I drove back to Leicester to attend a Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) hearing which was considering our request for property line setback waivers for (1) the already-constructed wooden walkway and (2) the proposed waterfront sauna building.  After the hearing drove back to Calais.

20 - 23 September 2013

After staying overnight with Marty & Merry, went down to Boston for the weekend to meet my new grandson, Devin Douglas Perkins, and visit with Alex & Katy.  Then drove up the Steve & Carole’s on Monday by way of an extensive visit to the neighborhood I grew up in (elementary school years) in Manchester, NH. 

19 September 2013

Drove back to Fern Lake to attend (with Marty) the Vermont Legislature’s Lake Shoreland Protection Commission Hearing in Middlebury.  Except it weren’t no “hearing”, unless you count the audience hearing a sales pitch from the Commission leaders and the Vermont Agency for Natural Resources as to why extensive new restrictions on lake shore development (and new bureaucracy) are needed to protect the quality of lakes and ponds that are mostly in excellent condition, except for Eurasian milfoil infestations… and the proposed new rules wouldn’t address that issue.

3 - 18 September 2013

Logging in Calais.  Sent one truck-load of spruce and fir logs to be made into 3,185 board feet of lumber.

2 September 2013

Drove the Tacoma with trailer and Kubota up to Calais.  Rode back to Fern Lake with Lynne & Perry (who had been in Calais for Labor Day weekend festivities and fireworks).  Then drove Dolores up to Calais.  She was really hesitant to go up any hills… the short, but steep, climb out of New Haven Junction on US7 almost defeater her.  On the other hand, her parking spot at Steve's campground is simply lovely!
 

1 September 2013

Morning spent doing laundry at Lynne & Perry’s.  Afternoon spent loading the generator into the RV, tools into the RV and truck, the tractor onto the trailer, and trying to get the last load of laundry to air dry.  Three out of four ain’t bad...  Swam across the lake and back, probably for the last time this season.  Put the dock steps up into their winter storage position.