Labor Day Weekend

It's starting out as a hazy day at Ute Lake, but the weather says it will burn off and be a really nice, slightly cloudy, little wind and high 80's kind of gorgeous day on the water. And that's exactly where I'm going. I have a great friend who rented a pontoon from Ute Lake Marina (call us if you're interested. we have the scoop) and we're going to take the kids and the cooler and the floaties and get lost somewhere in a cove for a couple of days. Can't wait.

While you're out there enjoying the water, don't forget what a treat it would be to have your own place on the lakefront, maybe even a home with a dock already in place. We have a modified a-frame that would sleep Cox's army that has a dock on the water. With just a little wrangling and an outside agreement to partner on the dock with the owner, you could own a place to which you could pull up your boat and leave it. This house and dock is in a protected deep-water cove, and the southern side of the house has a large sunroom lined with windows overlooking a deck - the location is a dream. And its the only site built home for sale on the water - and most definitely the only property with a dock. Take a look on our website - it's worth the time to consider this one. Especially since Interstate Streams Commission isn't currently allowing anyone to install more personal docks.

We get that question all the time - can I have a dock? The current answer is "no." We've all got our fingers crossed and hope that eventually ISC will decide to expand the number of personal docks from 20 to a larger number, but we're not going to mislead you and tell you that you can have a dock. If you get a realtor who states that it won't be a problem, that you just have to wait a while, be suspicious. Until ISC makes a definite ruling, additional docks aren't in the picture. Maybe someday. . .

When you're unsure about issues like this one, give us a call. We're all natives, we know how things work at Ute Lake, and we're lucky enough to have the ISC Dam Manager as one of our partners. If he doesn't know the answer to a question, the answer just doesn't exist.

Happy Labor Day. Don't forget the sunscreen!!