When you see more planes on the lake than boats...

steve-on-mark · 11-29-2020, 07:05 PM

...it might be time to wrap it up!

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Descant · 11-29-2020, 11:21 PM

Maybe you should have a plane?

fatlazyless · 11-30-2020, 04:57 AM

Maybe a forum photo detective can detect if this Laker Amphibian photo www.seabee.info/teal/thurston.htm shows the airplane beached on a Lake Winnipesaukee sandy beach, shoreline?

A different Laker Amphibian photo down at the bottom of the page from 1968 looks like it could be on Lake Winnipesaukee?

Most likely, Laker Amphibians have a cockpit heater and a windshield defroster, just like a car, something that recreational boats do not have.

Apparently, this small airplane did not come equipped with any windshield wipers?

Pricestavern · 11-30-2020, 11:17 AM

If there are more planes than boats on the lake, it's a sure sign that the Alton Runway is open and that a great winter is underway!

steve-on-mark · 11-30-2020, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Pricestavern

If there are more planes than boats on the lake, it's a sure sign that the Alton Runway is open and that a great winter is underway!

THAT runway will be liquid for a while longer.... check back in January! :-)

steve-on-mark · 11-30-2020, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Descant

Maybe you should have a plane?

Plane...airboat...helicopter...absolutely!

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tis · 12-01-2020, 06:59 AM

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Plane...airboat...helicopter...absolutely!

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You'll take one of each right? Think how much money you could save by having only one house!!!!

steve-on-mark · 12-01-2020, 07:41 AM

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You'll take one of each right? Think how much money you could save by having only one house!!!!

My neighbors on the island decided that they didn't want their main house to be in Mass anymore, so they sold and bought an equally expensive house on the mainland in Gilford. I asked him why he didn't just consolidate and buy a mainland lakehouse. He replied that the island house was their lake getaway...an escape so to speak, and if it was on the mainland it wouldn't be that. Maybe someday we'll sell everything else up here and winter in Florida, but in the meantime, we'll keep it like this!

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tis · 12-01-2020, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by steve-on-mark

My neighbors on the island decided that they didn't want their main house to be in Mass anymore, so they sold and bought an equally expensive house on the mainland in Gilford. I asked him why he didn't just consolidate and buy a mainland lakehouse. He replied that the island house was their lake getaway...an escape so to speak, and if it was on the mainland it wouldn't be that. Maybe someday we'll sell everything else up here and winter in Florida, but in the meantime, we'll keep it like this!

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I guess the change is part of what makes it special, right?

steve-on-mark · 12-01-2020, 08:47 AM

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I guess the change is part of what makes it special, right?

Right...was a long season for us. I opened up April 4th, and we're still there!

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tis · 12-01-2020, 12:20 PM

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Right...was a long season for us. I opened up April 4th, and we're still there!

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I think all winter on the island might get lonely and dreary too-although some do it....

steve-on-mark · 12-01-2020, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tis

I think all winter on the island might get lonely and dreary too-although some do it....

no thanks!

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fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,174 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	Maybe a forum photo detective can detect if this Laker Amphibian photo www.seabee.info/teal/thurston.htm shows the airplane beached on a Lake Winnipesaukee sandy beach, shoreline? A different Laker Amphibian photo down at the bottom of the page from 1968 looks like it could be on Lake Winnipesaukee? Most likely, Laker Amphibians have a cockpit heater and a windshield defroster, just like a car, something that recreational boats do not have. Apparently, this small airplane did not come equipped with any windshield wipers? __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

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Pricestavern Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Valencia, Spain (formerly Rattlesnake Isle) Posts: 389 Thanks: 135 Thanked 142 Times in 82 Posts	More Planes than Boats If there are more planes than boats on the lake, it's a sure sign that the Alton Runway is open and that a great winter is underway!