The Dock

Les and Phil, building the dock - year?...1976?

Having a lovely summer home on the water, usually means having a dock for the transition of land to water activities. When Grandma and Grandpa planned their dock, they had a relatively long stretch of rock that provided an ideal location for a dock. From here, the boats could be tied up and people could come and go easily to visit other friends or recieve visitors.

Putting in a dock, however, is not an easy task. A lot of heavy, awkward labour is required - often in cold water! In the end, the result is worth it, despite the chance of the spring ice melt tearing it away. Even if all goes well, a dock has a finite life span. The original main dock reached the end of it's lifespan several years ago and the remenants have been a bit of a safety hazard.

One of the hopes that our family has is that our original main dock will be ready for use come summer 2011. It has been a big item that we have wanted, but had to put off for a while. It would mean that we could return to having a boating dock and a recreational dock, where swimmers wouldn't have to worry about scurrying out of the way of incoming traffic, or give up louging space for the canoe.

Fingers crossed that the next picture of the dock will have it looking all shiney and new - just like when Grandpa and the familly installed it last time!

Time in paradise

I think one of the hardest parts of sharing a cottage is scheduling arrivals and departures. Right now, only having a few years of ownership under our belts, the Lui-s aren't doing too badly - no fights, advance planning of vacation time at work and sharing cottage time together. But I know the time will come when we will need a more strict method of choosing our personal time at the cottage. I suspect that will come when we have families with children of our own.

Until then, we can relax and just deal with the fact that there are so few weeks in summer (9 weeks!) and many people enjoy our little piece of paradise as well.

The only days left available for rental in 2011 include:
Mon June 20 - Fri July 1
Sat July 16 - Sun July 24

If this interests you, please let us know!

From where I live, I see the ice melting more and more each day in Georgian Bay. I can only imagine that is happening as well in Pigeon Bay at the Lui cottage. Summer is coming!

Spring is in the air and summer is around the corner

2011 is already several months old and while the winter wind is making the spring, sun-shiny days very chilly, our minds are turning our thoughts ahead to the warm summer days.  With that mind set, the Lui family is looking ahead to our most favourite summer place in the world - our cottage!

There is so much we could share with you about our cottage days, as this is truly a family home, built lovingly by our grandparents Les and Edna Gee after purchasing the land in the 1960s. We hope that we can share a little about our slice of paradise and keep you updated on what is happening in "Lui Land".

I would also like to invite our family and friends to leave a story or comment on our virtual Lui Land, as well as send us your favourite pictures from times shared at the cottage.  I think we all know that the stars are bright, the water is refreshing, the company is amazing and the sunsets are fabulous when we're relaxing at the cottage.

We hope that you will find the time to check back with us and see the latest shenanagans once we open the cottage in June. The countdown to summer has begun and we hope that you will find the time to share a bit of your summer with us at the cottage.

Christina, Joanna, K. & Erika