Yesterday we took a boat ride out on Lake Nipissing & arrived at my gramma's cottage. I promised I'd give you a tour of the island - so here it is! I have a video tour which might make more sense, but it's on my laptop at home. So you'll get some pictures for now & the video later! First, let's start out at the boat house.
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From here, we head to the left, up a path to my gramma's cottage. Here's a better view of the path, from further back in the little park.
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Up the path we go.
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To the right you can see the gazebo.
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Behind the gazebo is pumpa's new shed.
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By the way, pumpa is what we call my grampa - my older brother was their first grandchild & that's how he pronounced grampa as a baby. And it stuck. That's him going into his shed.
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In this photo, we're standing on the path leading to the boat house (behind). The path leading to the right goes to the back dock. But... what's that?
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The outhouse! Hehehehe - don't worry though, we don't have to use this unless the power goes out! Let's walk to the back dock quickly.
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To the right, there's a short path to the back rock, where we occasionally have a bonfire (if it isn't too windy that is).
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Alright, let's go back to the cottage.
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And from the front:
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On the deck at the front:
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To the left of the door:
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To the right of the door:
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From here, you can see memere's cottage.
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Let's take a closer look at memere's cottage.
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The steps to the right lead to the rocks you can see from gramma's cottage.
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These steps lead to the back of the cottage & the point. I climbed to the top of the steps to see this:
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Stairs leading down to the point. From the point, memere's cottage looks like this:
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The point is just a rock jutting out at the edge of the bay formed by the island. My mom, her sisters & cousins used to swim here all the time when they were kids. My brothers, cousins & I stuck to the beach instead (which is owned by my gramma's brother) - this is at the bottom of the little bay:
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And last but not least, the view:
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Next up - a video tour of the island. Then a few pictures inside the cottage. I hope you're enjoying your "stay"!