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Hi gang, Rick Ostler here from Used Pontoon Boats with news and views from the boating industry. It’s that time of year when people who live on the water in Silver Lakes launch their boats for the summer or uncover them at their docks.
Pontooning on North Lake
My husband and I had the recent pleasure of going out on North Lake in a pontoon boat with friends to enjoy the evening air after a hot day. The water was like glass, ever so still and peaceful. It’s such a delight to glide into the fingers from the open water and see the homes on both sides. The marvelous thing is that if someone is on their patio they will wave, whether they know you or not.
We did know Pat and Maria Ochsner, as they came out of their house to say hello. And it was nice to see Jim Stevens who has a column in the Silver Lakes Ledger called “The Creel Corner.” He was on his dock fishing, of course. He likes to tell us that “fishing is a great way to keep your mind free of tangles.”
Pontoon Boats - Most Popular on the Lakes
As we moved on, in the calm waters of another finger, we realized there is quite an assortment of watercrafts. Pontoon boats seem to be the most popular but there are also motor boats, canoes, paddle boats, kayaks, row boats and sail boats.
The coots are gone, and good riddance because they are a nuisance during the winter months not only in the lakes but also on the golf course. There were plenty of mallards though. The male is unmistakable with a green head, black rear end and a yellow bill tipped with black. The female is less colorful, being light brown with a dark brown bill.
We saw a female with four little brown downy ducklings swimming desperately after their mom. And, much to our surprise, trailing them was a tiny yellow one. Yellow seemed odd, but very striking. It would be interesting to keep an eye on them and I hope they all survive.
There are nine fingers each on North and South lakes with a combined 277 acres of water and 15 miles of shoreline, surrounded by 750 custom homes. The lakes don’t connect visually but they do via pipes with South Lake getting the Mojave River water first, then North Lake and then the golf course.
We just puttered along, across the lake, as the sun slowly went down in the western sky. We passed the water front businesses at North Lake Center such as Margarita’s Landing where people can dine by boat, mooring their craft at the public dock.
By the time we passed the sandy north beach where floating buoys rope off a swimming area with a raft afloat, we saw a really beautiful desert sunset. The horizon was in tiers of color, showing a rosy pink on the bottom, layered sequentially by a hazy yellow, a billowy gray with a dark blue expanse of sky. It was a beautiful backdrop for all the homes whose lights were shining in wavy lines on the water.
A fitting ending to another day in Silver Lakes. Thanks to SHIRLEY HUMMITSCH, Special to the Daily Press, http://www.vvdailypress.com/news for this.
Used Pontoon Boats, By Rick Ostler
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