Originally posted by Russ:
Very nice Blaine but you're going to need a bigger dock and few more chairs when "WE" come to celebrate with ya.
Really like the stone border.
Russ,
Funny you mention bigger dock and chairs in the same sentence. The next addition to the dock will be bench seats mounted at the sides between the middle and furthest posts. There will also be a high speed wireless router on one post for those "office days" and PB forum surfing while relaxing on the boat. Notice the early pictures showed rails (they were removable). Unfortunately, a combination of settling and miscalculation on the waterline forced me to raise that entire deck 18" at a rate of 1" increments with log chains and a load binder. All by myself.
I just finished the stone with the help from one friend a couple weeks ago. Almost 60 tons of rip rap loaded by hand onto a small loader, dumped, then spread by hand again. My back and shoulder are just now feeling back to normal. Doing it myself gives me a sense of accomplishment that I will remember and talk about for life.
I hope that some of you do come to celebrate someday. Open invitation to Pond Boss "subscribers". Without subscribers there would be no Pond Boss. Without Pond Boss, there would be no Lake Big Dock.
We break ground on the new house this coming Friday. There will be a large deck approx 100' behind the dock maximizing the view with an outdoor fireplace. Maybe even a future zip line from deck to other side of lake. If my wife gives the green light that is.
Oh, did I mention that my good neighbor "Cliff Carley" is an Elk farmer. Don't hear of those very often in Indiana but listening to them bugle in the fall is icing on the cake.
