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Orion · 10-31-2005, 07:16 PM

Lady Di, I think you're viewing the potential of the experience only from your perspective. The fact of the matter is that there are many people who LOVE the winter and all it's beauty up here. The Lake represents a really unique environment to view the wonders of a New England winter. Living on the islands in winter is not a 9-month stint of isolation. There are only a few weeks on either end where ice is not traversable (without hovercraft). The rest of the time is not much different than in summer, but you use a snowmobile (or later a car/truck) instead of a boat to get back and forth. You really can live a normal life.....you're not banished to the hinterlands for 9 months. Boating up to early January, then back to the boats by mid/late April (that's only 4 months, with access throughout).

It seems like a great challenge which I hope to try some day soon.

10-31-2005, 07:16 PM	#11
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cow Island Posts: 914 Thanks: 602 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	perspectives Lady Di, I think you're viewing the potential of the experience only from your perspective. The fact of the matter is that there are many people who LOVE the winter and all it's beauty up here. The Lake represents a really unique environment to view the wonders of a New England winter. Living on the islands in winter is not a 9-month stint of isolation. There are only a few weeks on either end where ice is not traversable (without hovercraft). The rest of the time is not much different than in summer, but you use a snowmobile (or later a car/truck) instead of a boat to get back and forth. You really can live a normal life.....you're not banished to the hinterlands for 9 months. Boating up to early January, then back to the boats by mid/late April (that's only 4 months, with access throughout). It seems like a great challenge which I hope to try some day soon.