El Niño says don't park on the lake

It always pays to check how thick the ice is!!



Our annual ice fishing jamboree has hundreds of vehicles on the lake and that out in the middle. However, the thickness of the ice is checked!    

Even when the ice is 24" thick, it seems like a good idea to stay away from "parking lots".

" Hey y'all watch this"

Thought that part was a given!

It's my understanding that it was actually the city of Lake Geneva that directed the cars onto the lake for extra parking! I have a feeling there will be lawyers involved.   

I was wondering myself if there a stupidity rider on auto insurance for parking a car on a lake......

Jeff,
Yes, the cars were in shallow water. It was winterfest in Lake Geneva. All the on shore parking was full so the overflow area was down the boat ramp onto the lake.

Reminds me of a one extra cold winter in NY, a bunch of knuckleheads drove down the boat ramp onto the Great South Bay, LI, and proceeded to drive and slide around. Two cars ran into each other (One a pristine 1971 Chevelle SS Big Block!) And someone stated. "Who do we call to report, the Police or the Coast Guard?" Hahaha

Surprised at the total loss on many of them if they didn't completely submerge. It's pretty clean fresh water, seems like they could be dried out, fluids changed, and be OK.

Speaking of fluids, around here there would be fines for polluting with fuel/oil, but if the cars were told to park there seems like the municipality would be liable for that.

They should have combined the cases of beer with some .30-06's and had a scene like in Jaws, pick off the propane tanks from shore. If that scuba tank exploded the shark, I'd think a propane tank would be impressive!
(just kidding, no lectures on guns and alcohol please)

davidg wrote: We went up Friday night to see the festivities and have dinner with some friends. .And I thought my dinner was expensive.

Dave,
You should have know better that anyplace in Geneva would cost some $$$! You could have met them at the Ye Olde hotel in Lyons. Same neighborhood, lots less $$, I'm sure better food and no chance of having to park on the lake!

Another good reason to avoid Lake Geneva

63 Skier wrote: Listening to you guys, I keep getting a visual of "Grumpy Old Men" between the ice fishing and northern lifestyle. That's not a knock at all, love it.

David,
I consider myself on the older side and at times admit I can be grumpy but, I, like you am enjoying the northern lifestyle! It's just a few like Gary that seems to knock the north. He's a northern Illinois boy that ever since he joined the crowd that goes south for the winter has changed his attitude! Maybe the heated and air conditioned seats he got in that SUV he bought had an influence! You too Jbear!!

Gary is living the good life down South. All of us up here in the frozen tundra of the North must at least, for a moment, (being totally honest now) wish we were down there in the warm sun. I would never want to give up the North, because we have these things called natural, freshwater lakes that are absent alligators and for the most part poisonous snakes, and definitely sharks. We also have NICE summers.

Gary-- hope you don't have anything against Lake Geneva--- it is a real treasure and mid-week on a calm Summer day, it has lots of places to ski, eat, and even stay the night. I don't know what it is like on weekends, but probably not much different than the insanity of the Chain of Lakes in Northern IL. Has anyone ever thought of having a reunion on Lake Geneva?

8122pbrainard wrote: davidg wrote: We went up Friday night to see the festivities and have dinner with some friends. .And I thought my dinner was expensive. Dave, You should have know better that anyplace in Geneva would cost some $$$! You could have met them at the Ye Olde hotel in Lyons. Same neighborhood, lots less $$, I'm sure better food and no chance of having to park on the lake!

This is true Pete! But I saved a sh%#load on incidental parking costs.

I will have to go to Lyons one of these days, and try your place. I like trying new places. We normally stay over at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, and eat at Mars Resort on Lake Como. Great places, and not as touristy as LG.