The Horny Toad
04-23-2009 | 09:56 PM
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Good choice and much closer to stuff by land as well.
I can't wait for the poker run the weekend of the 26th
and the 4th.
FYI, If you go to Fireworks for the 4th by water be very careful when you leave. Everyone takes off when they are over @ 30mph and it makes for some of the scariest water I have ever experienced. The issue is visibility and the close proximity off all the boats. It is best to dodge into a cove while the traffic dies out.
Have fun!!!
I can't wait for the poker run the weekend of the 26th
and the 4th.
FYI, If you go to Fireworks for the 4th by water be very careful when you leave. Everyone takes off when they are over @ 30mph and it makes for some of the scariest water I have ever experienced. The issue is visibility and the close proximity off all the boats. It is best to dodge into a cove while the traffic dies out.
Have fun!!!
04-24-2009 | 12:12 AM
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Good choice and much closer to stuff by land as well.
I can't wait for the poker run the weekend of the 26th
and the 4th.
FYI, If you go to Fireworks for the 4th by water be very careful when you leave. Everyone takes off when they are over @ 30mph and it makes for some of the scariest water I have ever experienced. The issue is visibility and the close proximity off all the boats. It is best to dodge into a cove while the traffic dies out.
Have fun!!!
I can't wait for the poker run the weekend of the 26th
and the 4th.
FYI, If you go to Fireworks for the 4th by water be very careful when you leave. Everyone takes off when they are over @ 30mph and it makes for some of the scariest water I have ever experienced. The issue is visibility and the close proximity off all the boats. It is best to dodge into a cove while the traffic dies out.
Have fun!!!
Powerboats would actually disappear from sight between wakes.
04-24-2009 | 09:27 AM
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Well after all the great info everybody has given me I ended up changing places today. I found a 3br/2ba condo at Lands End which I booked today and cancelled my reservation at Toadcove. Much better price and I get a full 3 bed rooms. At toad cove the rooms only had 1 king size bed and a sleeper pullout. Looks like the more relaxed lake atmosphere I am looking for. Also I will be much closer to partycove now which sounds like will be a big plus.
Now I sure hope nobody tells me Lands End sucks. From the lady I talked to today and the pictures I have seen looks like a very nice place.
Now I sure hope nobody tells me Lands End sucks. From the lady I talked to today and the pictures I have seen looks like a very nice place.
04-24-2009 | 09:30 AM
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Good choice and much closer to stuff by land as well.
I can't wait for the poker run the weekend of the 26th
and the 4th.
FYI, If you go to Fireworks for the 4th by water be very careful when you leave. Everyone takes off when they are over @ 30mph and it makes for some of the scariest water I have ever experienced. The issue is visibility and the close proximity off all the boats. It is best to dodge into a cove while the traffic dies out.
Have fun!!!
I can't wait for the poker run the weekend of the 26th
and the 4th.
FYI, If you go to Fireworks for the 4th by water be very careful when you leave. Everyone takes off when they are over @ 30mph and it makes for some of the scariest water I have ever experienced. The issue is visibility and the close proximity off all the boats. It is best to dodge into a cove while the traffic dies out.
Have fun!!!
04-24-2009 | 03:24 PM
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We stay at a house in Porta Cima at the 14MM over the 4th. We sit at the mouth of the cove (the old party cove from back in the mid 90's) and can see the fireworks perfectly. We then just putz back to the dock so we miss all the big water. That is a great cove to wait out the traffic in if you go out by boat to see the fireworks from Land's End.
04-24-2009 | 09:34 PM
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I am in building number 5. Would you be able to see the fireworks show from the patio of the condo at Lands End or are the fireworks shows quite a ways from Lands end?
04-24-2009 | 10:52 PM
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05-17-2009 | 06:31 PM
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You wont be able to see most from building 5, I own one in 5 and in 3 and can't see much from either, just the very high ones. Only about a 5 mile cruise over and back (after the crowd clears of course) though....
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05-18-2009 | 09:46 AM
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From: SE IOWA and MM #1 on the Grand Glaze
12 miles is a long way on Memorial Day weekend. Water will be like a washing machine. Go early ...stay late. I'll be wachin for ya.
