The Dock

The Dock

It’s here! The moment we’ve all been waiting for… the new dock at the cottage has arrived!

Let’s take a little walk down memory lane first. Grandma and Grandpa built the cottages near or right on the water’s edge. The “new cottage” had two docks bracketing it for years. In general, one dock was reserved for tying up boats and the other was used for swimming and as an extra boat tie-up area.

When it was decided that we needed to replace the oldest dock, we had a big decision to make. In the end, we decided to let the older, second dock go and replace and extend the newer dock attached to our deck.

When we are outside enjoying the beautiful weather, lounging on the deck or swimming off the rocks, we are pretty centered around the one side of the cottage, so it only made sense to go with a single expanded dock.

Joanna and I have been watching the dock get built bit by bit this past weekend. Just after lunch today the floating dock was brought over and installed. All it needs now are a couple of friends willing to lounge with us in our new Muskoka chairs (see previous post!) or dangle their feet in the water while we hang out together.

Here are a few pictures of the dock coming together.

The Lui cottage kids want to thank their Grandma Gee (Thank you Grandma!) for making the dock possible. All we really want now is for Grandma to come up and enjoy it with us. Grandma, looking forward to your visit this weekend! We can’t wait!