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Mink Islander · 04-25-2007, 04:30 PM

Yep, have a place on Mink Island looking north between Bear and Jolly.

My wife's family has owned two camps on Bear Island since the 1940's. The grandparents were very involved with the island chapel, St. John's on the Lake, including arranging for the various summer guest ministers for many many summers.

When my wife and I moved up to the Boston area in the early 80's, we soon owned a boat and shared the family place on weekends. In 1995 we saw a place on Mink Island for sale during a home leave from an overseas work assignment. It took two days (all en route back to Buenos Aires) to arm-twist the wife to buy it after a only half hour walk-around of the property. With an unobstructed view of Mt. Washington, permanent dock and nice sandy beach area, what more do you need to know? Tore down the old kit house on the site in 1999 and rebuilt a modest post and beam lake house. Best decision we ever made.

The wife and kids (twin boy/girl 12 year olds), summer nearly full time on the island. There are now several families with young children at neighboring camps too so life is as it should be with the kids free to roam and play together.

On weekends, if you're up early, you usually see me in my Whaler Montauk trolling in the area -- often off the west side of Timber and Mark Islands. Still hoping to catch Walter....Our favorite summer outing is a boat trip to Wolfeboro to food shop and have breakfast at the Strawberry Patch.

In the winter, I'm the guy hiking out from Cattle Landing 2 miles over the ice with dog (and sometimes the rest of the family) to do some ice fishing and otherwise enjoy the quiet.

We dive a little in the lake -- though the kids find it boring unless we're treasure hunting over at Shep Brown's while we recover lost gas caps and pump out connectors.

Just got back from two weeks in Hawaii on the Big Island and left thinking, hmmm, this might be a great place to retire. We could then own a summer house with breathtaking views of the White Mountains in NH AND own a second home looking at Mauna Kea (Hawaiian for White Mountain), the tallest mountain in the world measured from the sea floor....They claim you can occasionally ski on Mauna Kea too! Pass me another mai tai.....

04-25-2007, 04:30 PM	#54
Mink Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 753 Thanks: 59 Thanked 271 Times in 129 Posts	Mink Islander Yep, have a place on Mink Island looking north between Bear and Jolly. My wife's family has owned two camps on Bear Island since the 1940's. The grandparents were very involved with the island chapel, St. John's on the Lake, including arranging for the various summer guest ministers for many many summers. When my wife and I moved up to the Boston area in the early 80's, we soon owned a boat and shared the family place on weekends. In 1995 we saw a place on Mink Island for sale during a home leave from an overseas work assignment. It took two days (all en route back to Buenos Aires) to arm-twist the wife to buy it after a only half hour walk-around of the property. With an unobstructed view of Mt. Washington, permanent dock and nice sandy beach area, what more do you need to know? Tore down the old kit house on the site in 1999 and rebuilt a modest post and beam lake house. Best decision we ever made. The wife and kids (twin boy/girl 12 year olds), summer nearly full time on the island. There are now several families with young children at neighboring camps too so life is as it should be with the kids free to roam and play together. On weekends, if you're up early, you usually see me in my Whaler Montauk trolling in the area -- often off the west side of Timber and Mark Islands. Still hoping to catch Walter....Our favorite summer outing is a boat trip to Wolfeboro to food shop and have breakfast at the Strawberry Patch. In the winter, I'm the guy hiking out from Cattle Landing 2 miles over the ice with dog (and sometimes the rest of the family) to do some ice fishing and otherwise enjoy the quiet. We dive a little in the lake -- though the kids find it boring unless we're treasure hunting over at Shep Brown's while we recover lost gas caps and pump out connectors. Just got back from two weeks in Hawaii on the Big Island and left thinking, hmmm, this might be a great place to retire. We could then own a summer house with breathtaking views of the White Mountains in NH AND own a second home looking at Mauna Kea (Hawaiian for White Mountain), the tallest mountain in the world measured from the sea floor....They claim you can occasionally ski on Mauna Kea too! Pass me another mai tai.....