My family didn't have a choice. Island living was the only affordable way to be on the lake. My family started in 1972. It gave my father a reason to own a boat, more like 6 boats now, a snowmobile for winter trips-of coarse-and yes, it does take a special breed to vacation on an island. Your boat is your car, planning trips is essential but seems to get easier each year with experience. You must be mechanically inclined, or wealthy to afford hired help from the towns. I rarely remember a summer vacation where there wasn't a project for my dad to do. As we got older, we all pitched in and it developed a true appreciation to island living. Yeah we are overly protective of what we have, and don't appreciate people tieing up to our docks to pee in the woods etc and are reluctant to newcomers because of the threat that they are noisy. I remember a fire on the island that was pretty bad, a renter threw hot charcoals from a grill in the peat moss like soil, they left at the end of their time. The wind kicked up at night and well... so did a fire. All the residents of the island formed a bucket brigade from the lake to the fire and kept it in control until the big water arrived from Alton and Wolfeboro fire departments. What a wild ride it has been. To conclude, someone mentioned storms from nowhere blowing up on the lake! Wow it can get wild out there, but we survived and are better experienced because of it. My suggestion prior to buying is to rent. Consider it a test drive.
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