The Cableman's Boat.

I got several questions yesterday about my Show and Tell picture, so here are the answers.

The boat slip is at Nolin River Lake in Leitchfield, KY.

No, we do not live on the lake we live in the suburbs of Louisville. I would love to live close to Nolin, but I don't really have to live on the lake.

I dream of having a "mini" farm. One where we can grow our own food, etc. However, the Cableman has been in his job for 18 years, and it would be difficult for us to find a job with the kind of benefits he currently has.

We have a pontoon on Nolin, with a canvas "tent" cover. We camp on the boat. We call it our "redneck" house boat. We can't afford a houseboat right now and we are trying to remain as debt free as possible and cannot justify the payments a houseboat would require. We have a little porta-potty on the boat for emergencies and no real shower. Sometimes we rent a campsite close to the marina so we can have a hot shower.

It's a lot of work taking 4 kids and a husband to the lake, but they love it so I do it. I enjoy fishing and riding in the boat, but am exhausted when I get home after a lake weekend.

The "Million Dollar" view is one of the perks of the lake.

Memorial Day at the Lake.

Another weekend of sun and fun. The lake was crowded and a little dangerous, especially when I was driving the boat. I'm not a very experienced driver and the boat got swamped when I drove it.



The Princesses Danielle and Gabrielle fighting off the Dread Pirate Noah.

Pirates board the ship and take the Princesses hostage.

Captain Cableman to the rescue.

Nolin River Lake a Haunting History

According to Trails.com and the story I heard as a kid goes:

The name Nolin comes from early area settlers. The settlers were over-nighting on the river, and a young girl named Lynn wandered away from the riverside camp and became lost. Other members of the group looked for her but to no avail, returning to camp day after day, uttering the words, “No Lynn,” giving the river and later the lake their names. The father, after giving up on Lynn, died of a broken heart.

However, according to the Army Corp of Engineers' Website:

The Nolin River is named for the early American explorer and Kentucky militia member, Benjamin Lynn. Serving under George Rogers Clark during the Revolutionary War, Lynn traveled to Illinois to spy on the British and Indian forces, and also played a pivotal role in the Northwest Campaign on 1778-79. Following his return to Kentucky, Lynn and several friends were camped in the Green River Area. Lynn became separated from his friends and could not be found for several days. Each night, they returned from the search reporting “No Lynn.” The river at which they camped became known as the Nolin.

http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/nrl/article.asp?id=258

Either way it's an odd thing to name a lake that way.

Fishing Trip last weekend.

The Cableman has always dreamed of having his own boat. Here he is in all his glory.



The view from our boat at sunrise.

Noah playing his gameboy inside the boat with the canvas up.

Four of the five loves of my life.