Year Two Day Forty Four - Rafting on a Floating Dock

Dear all, 

It was yet another fabulous morning at the cottage and we were quick to get going and start work (after a spot of fishing of course)

We started off by breaking up the large (and some might say) eyesore, a makeshift canoe rack that was standing prominent at the front of the property. With the help of some powerful Gibbs (http://www.getgibbs.com), we managed to get the bolts out of the large planks of wood and get everything packed away ready to be recycled down the line. 

We then got to work finished off the dock - Bob used a plank of wood to draw a line along the side of the dock and then used a skill saw to finish off the ends while I collected them for later use as firewood. 

As you can see, it is a major improvement and looks fantastic!

I then got to work chopping back one of the trees we had dropped to make room for the hydro lines (The brush was rather too close to the fire for comfort and needed a major trim). Darren and Bob had 'home made' a neat little saw for me to use and I got to work immediately. 

And here is a picture of my finished work! It was hot but I didn't let up until I had finished and rewarded myself with a swim in the lake.. sigh. 

Darren and Bob were busy moving the cottage 'fire number' ( similar to house-number for any confused Brits) onto the dock, seen below with new rail in pride of place on the dock. 

Darren then started work on the ramp for the dock - seen here cutting the slates and assembling them on the ramp... Lots of little tasks but all just as important as each other and we are ticking them off one by one.

The highlight of the day was when Ryan and I decided to relocate the large floating dock that had been left behind by the previous owners. It was right around the corner from the main dock (hard to see even in the picture below but in the far left hand corner).

We managed to get the dock free from the various ropes and debris that was keeping it lodged onto the shore but only after about 10 minutes of hard rowing did we realized that the dock also had an anchor.. Ryan was very savvy to have made this discovery and it certainly made our trajectory much easier.. Darren managed to get a video of our adventure but missed the SNAPPING TURTLE that both D and Ryan spotted while I was IN THE WATER to fetch a rope. No worries though, I love turtles... at least it wasn't a bull shark.

Here is the new dock! An after thought, but looks great and a superb addition to our ever growing wilderness empire - The cottage is coming together!

And in other news:
1. The new coffee maker is out of the box and ready for action! As long as there is coffee, everything else just falls into place..


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