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Dock Tales, Part 11 When Bennick Grading finished the small gravel car path to a flat spot above my dock, I knew what I needed to do next: buy a bunch of stuff – primarily tents, floats and landscaping tools.

When our dock was ready, my next challenge was developing access.

When Tommy’s crew said the dock was ready, my son Thomas and his buddies beat me to it, camping there before heading into Linville Gorge.

Dock Tales Part 8 Buying a used dock means you don’t control your timetable.

I’ve got a well-deserved reputation for being thrifty.

Until I was lured into buying lake property at the one-day sale, my wife and I had agreed we’d never own a second home.

Dock Tales, Part 5Leaving the Realtors’ tent in which I’d contracted to a two-week cash close, I thought it’d be prudent to take a second more deliberate look.

We surveyed the summit of the 7-acre lot, but I wasn’t feeling it.

You’d think a decision to invest in lake property 250 miles away would be the culmination of years of thought, planning and research.