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Well I have to admit last Friday my wife and I finally signed off on our (new to us) camp. It has been a long journey to get this far, a wee bit stressful at the end, but well worth it. I can honestly say that nothing could have prepared me for the total and complete feeling of finally owning a little piece of the lake and the ability to in just spending a week here being totally and completely de-stressed. As I suspected nothing beats island living, and best of all that first morning getting up to watch the sun come up while enjoying a fresh cup of coffee at the end of my dock is something, so good in fact every morning I have been here it's been a daily routine! Sunsets are just as spectacular! Awesome!

Now that the deal is all said and done, I have one little piece of business to address. Normally I wouldn't do this in a public forum, but this is so well deserved, I'd like to thank my buyer's agent Nancy Deporter and the entire team at Spencer Hughes in Alton. Nancy was a pleasure to work with and I think was as excited for me to purchase this property as I was. She is so passionate about her work and loves the lake, especially helping folks like myself who are on a quest to get a piece of island property as this is her specialty. Her professionalism and attention to details really made this purchase come through - I cannot thank her enough.