Dining at The Boathouse

So here's the last construction project to share with everyone for this year:

Our cabins, as most of our potential guests know, or should know, do not have kitchens in them (except the Guest House). The cabins were constructed this way by design: kitchens lead to messes, to sometimes lovely bread-baking smells and oft-times not so lovely oniony smells. We have always had grills available for guests to cook on, but this is not always enough. For the last few years, we have had the idea of a Community Kitchen in mind, one large kitchen that guests can share, where cooking messes and cooking smells are kept far from the peaceful restfulness of the cabins. And now after a few years of pondering what design we preferred, the walls are finally up!

And within five days, the structure was complete! We had a wonderful Austrian couple stay with us for one night right before construction started. They came back a week later to stay again, pulled in the driveway and were shocked to find such a large new building!

We had originally wanted a very airy outdoor pavilion-style kitchen, with insect screening around all the walls, but due to structural and snow-load considerations, we added more plywood walling than we had first considered. However, the kitchen is still quite large and airy, with expansive screened windows and doors all around. The right side of the building will be our raft, kayak, and bicycle storage area: hence, the name The Boathouse.
The inside is nowhere near finished. If you will be staying with us this summer, I doubt we will have anything ready inside except a large grill, but you are welcome to call and ask before you arrive. There is lots of finishing work to do inside. A grass picnic area will be adjacent to the building on the left, along with the dining tables inside. We think it will be a wonderful addition to our guests' stay here.