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Originally Posted by coley
...we went to the place we rent and walked out on the dock...
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My friends, relatives, and I have several seasonal rental properties around the lake's region (Winni and other lakes). It is not uncommon for people to do what you did (visit in the offseason a place rented in the summer). One year a neighbor notified us that we had an uninvited "guest" fall down on the property as it isn't maintained/plowed/shoveled in the winter, and the grounds were very slippery. Luckily no one was hurt, and we didn't have to find out what would have happened with insurance.
Technically, visiting someone else's private property w/o permission is trespassing (unless you are talking about a hotel-type resort - and maybe that still is). We run bubblers at one of the places and a fall off an icy dock there means a winter swim in deep water
Prior to owning my own places, I did the same thing - many years ago, I remember a winter visit to a place on Squam, right below the Rattlesnake lookout. All of us like our guests and don't want to seem cranky, but we dislike this practice. What is your opinion?