Access, Part Two

Landing at the runway at the lake has its own challenges. The airstrip is long enough and plenty wide and has lots of clearance and a firm surface. As the summer months progress, however, the weeds and bushes that want to become trees grow like crazy and it takes some effort to keep the brush back. Dave is the main person using the strip right now. It was originally put in by a lake lodge owner on state land. The lodge isn't flying people in these days and the state never was interested in maintaining it. So Dave spent a day with a chain saw and weed whacker, knocking down some greenery on the landing strip itself and the half mile trail that leads from the runway to the lake.

You can walk the trail, of course, but carrying supplies is a factor coming and going. Anyway, the boys prefer to ride.