Cruisin' On Lake Mohawk

How great is a summer when we have had two different pontoon boat rides and it's only the beginning of August. In July, we hitched a ride around Old Hickory Lake near Hendersonville, TN with Sue's brother, Dave, on his new boat. Last Sunday, we got a tour of wonderful, carefree Lake Mohawk , near Malvern, OH on my brother Jim's boat. If you're curious about the "wonderful, carefree" thing, that was part of the radio jingle that they used to advertise the Lake Mohawk development back in the 60's.

In the beginning, Lake Mohawk was just the man-made lake, some dirt roads and many salesmen trying to sell lots. Back then, good lots went for around $2500, which was not cheap in 1964. Today, the average lot, if you find an empty one is about $90,000. There are quite a few houses that are in the 1 million plus bracket. People who live in places like Chicago and Atlanta have vacation homes at the lake. It's hard to imagine that when I was a kid, we would go up the hill behind our farm and down the other side into what is now Lake Mohawk to explore the "Indian Caves" and look for arrowheads.

Mike and Kim went to Malvern with Sue and I (and Wickett), and we visited with my mom. She is doing great with her recovery from hip surgery, and is anxious to begin driving again. She went along with us on the boat ride and then we went out to dinner together. Good times!! Even though he isn't in the group picture, Wickett was on the boat ride too. Turns out that he is a real "sea dog".