Powerball what would you do?

SIKSUKR · 01-26-2007, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Seaplane Pilot

I'd buy Cannon Mountain and give it to SIKSUKR!

Thanks SP.I've pretty much paid for the place anyway by now.

kunamola · 01-28-2007, 09:49 PM

I also would buy Farm Island. I would give a conservation easement to LRCT for people in canoes and kayaks to paddle to the island and walk on the trails I would build. I would also give an easement on the Belknap side to the camp. I would see if I could grandfather in the old boathouse which now sits on rocks on the island to return to its old position. Then I would rehab the house on the top of the island. I'd put new, safe electricity in it and give it a good cleaning and a water system of some sort (recycled water from the lake). Then I would invite four friends to come and each build a yurt or other environmentally sensitive/green friendly housing on the island. I would create a system of paths for walking to various viewpoints and one to the old cellar hole where I'd put benches modeled on the twig railing in the house and I'd instal hummingbird feeders by the benches. It would be my vision of paradise.

PS: I used to dream of buying Castle in the Clouds if I ever won the lottery.

Dave R · 01-29-2007, 12:17 PM

I'd buy a huge lot on Clay Point and build the worlds largest tar paper shack.

Weirs guy · 01-29-2007, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave R

I'd buy a huge lot on Clay Point and build the worlds largest tar paper shack.

Ah, a Mc-Shack-sion?

Lets see, as for me....
Quit my job. Fast.
Car shopping. I have just a tinsy-tiny problem with collecting them.
Weirs Gal wants to go jewelry shopping. Similar tinsy-tiny problem here too.
Buy an island on the lake, nice little place to spend some time.
Hire a nanny.
Go to Vegas, sans aforementioned nanny and Weirs kids.

Grant · 01-30-2007, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by kunamola

I also would buy Farm Island. I would give a conservation easement to LRCT for people in canoes and kayaks to paddle to the island and walk on the trails I would build. I would also give an easement on the Belknap side to the camp. I would see if I could grandfather in the old boathouse which now sits on rocks on the island to return to its old position. Then I would rehab the house on the top of the island. I'd put new, safe electricity in it and give it a good cleaning and a water system of some sort (recycled water from the lake). Then I would invite four friends to come and each build a yurt or other environmentally sensitive/green friendly housing on the island. I would create a system of paths for walking to various viewpoints and one to the old cellar hole where I'd put benches modeled on the twig railing in the house and I'd instal hummingbird feeders by the benches. It would be my vision of paradise.

I like your idea best! Perhaps we could go halves.

I would like to install an air-fill station (compressor) somewhere near the water. Perhaps something solar-powered (don't know if there is such a beast, but I can dream...).

Have you ever seen the house "on the top of the island"? What's it like?

kunamola · 01-31-2007, 11:27 PM

Yes, I did go to the island with the realtor last summer and did go inside the house. It is typical of camps of the early 20th century. A sturdy house with small rooms. Living space on the bottom floor and bedrooms (actually the bedrooms are a nice size) on the top floor. When the island had no trees during the early 1900's as it was a grazing place for livestock the view from the house would have been stunning. On the bottom level is a small "living room" separated by some makeshift studwork (framing) to shore up the structure from the entry and dining room. As an aside the room had a projector screen for summer movie viewing tacked to the framing. Cute and very campy. The fireplace is quite nice but the staircase is what has enchanted me. The railings are made from small trunks of trees and is what I would consider true "folk art". The kitchen on the first floor has a pantry and a lightfixture made from a Maxwell House coffee can and a bulb-could I consider that camp folkart too? The house needs a new porch as a significant portion is rotten but a good cleaning would make it useable. My friends and I would truly love to buy this island and keep the shorefront undeveloped by a McMansion and accessible to others, if only the price was not so high. We are long time summer residents of the lake who already have homes on Melvin Bay with boat access and strong ties to Camp Belknap and the LRCT. Now, to win that lottery!

01-28-2007, 09:49 PM	#2
kunamola Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Northern Virginia and Melvin Village, NH Posts: 44 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	ditto on Farm Island I also would buy Farm Island. I would give a conservation easement to LRCT for people in canoes and kayaks to paddle to the island and walk on the trails I would build. I would also give an easement on the Belknap side to the camp. I would see if I could grandfather in the old boathouse which now sits on rocks on the island to return to its old position. Then I would rehab the house on the top of the island. I'd put new, safe electricity in it and give it a good cleaning and a water system of some sort (recycled water from the lake). Then I would invite four friends to come and each build a yurt or other environmentally sensitive/green friendly housing on the island. I would create a system of paths for walking to various viewpoints and one to the old cellar hole where I'd put benches modeled on the twig railing in the house and I'd instal hummingbird feeders by the benches. It would be my vision of paradise. PS: I used to dream of buying Castle in the Clouds if I ever won the lottery.

01-31-2007, 11:27 PM	#6
kunamola Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Northern Virginia and Melvin Village, NH Posts: 44 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	The house on top Yes, I did go to the island with the realtor last summer and did go inside the house. It is typical of camps of the early 20th century. A sturdy house with small rooms. Living space on the bottom floor and bedrooms (actually the bedrooms are a nice size) on the top floor. When the island had no trees during the early 1900's as it was a grazing place for livestock the view from the house would have been stunning. On the bottom level is a small "living room" separated by some makeshift studwork (framing) to shore up the structure from the entry and dining room. As an aside the room had a projector screen for summer movie viewing tacked to the framing. Cute and very campy. The fireplace is quite nice but the staircase is what has enchanted me. The railings are made from small trunks of trees and is what I would consider true "folk art". The kitchen on the first floor has a pantry and a lightfixture made from a Maxwell House coffee can and a bulb-could I consider that camp folkart too? The house needs a new porch as a significant portion is rotten but a good cleaning would make it useable. My friends and I would truly love to buy this island and keep the shorefront undeveloped by a McMansion and accessible to others, if only the price was not so high. We are long time summer residents of the lake who already have homes on Melvin Bay with boat access and strong ties to Camp Belknap and the LRCT. Now, to win that lottery!

01-29-2007, 12:17 PM	#3
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 246 Thanked 744 Times in 444 Posts	I'd buy a huge lot on Clay Point and build the worlds largest tar paper shack.