It sometimes takes a village...

As part of being a seasonal cabin owner we use the term

 "open", as in we are going up for a few days to "open" the cabin.

Last fall we let a company in town "close" the cabin...

they were in charge of turning the water and electricity off, 

and then this spring turning it back on before our arrival.

With that being done, we only have the yard and dock/boatlift left to manage.

This year it did not work out for our boys to come the same weekend as us. 

We figured we would probably hold off on the dock/boat lift until they could come 

but we were wrong.... 

*insert amazing neighbors here* 

Our neighbors are amazing, always volunteering to help in anyway needed.

10 minutes after Rick mentioned that our boys couldn't come up this time, 

our next door neighbor Scott said "lets do it".

No hesitation, just "Lets get er done".

We are so blessed!

 Now for the leveling.... Rick worked on that while I made sure he did it right.

The next day I get a text from this guy.... John (another amazing neighbor/friend)

 "I'll come down this afternoon and blow your yard"

John has an industrial leaf blower, he carries it around like a back-pack, it runs on gas.

It took him 1 1/2 hours to blow our yard.... pine cone, leaves and twigs.

John is a selfless Godly man who works hard, giving his time for others and doesn't complain.

No pics of me but I worked on some raking and loading the leaves with my guy. 

I have blisters on my hands to prove it.

On to the boat lift.... Wednesday

Our neighbors Scott and John arrived about 9:45 am today to help

Get the boat lift into place, 

It's on wheels and we have ramps to guide it down the 2 foot embankment into the water. 

 We were able to get the boat into the water and on the boat lift, but not before we had
 a little ride to the end of the lake.... all 8 miles of it  :)

We are grateful for such amazing neighbors who are always eager to lend a hand.
Our boys have not been replaced...they just got this spring off.
There will always be "closing"