5/18/07: Came to pick up my stuff from the barn, including my camper. Took all the boats out, assembled the trampoline, mowed the grass. The dogs are so happy here i feel bad that i have to take them back to VT.
Adam
Tree down over fence on the north end of the clearcut!

5/21/07
Absolutely – a perfect day in May. I cam to check out the house & grounds, clean the bathrooms & “open” the house for the summer. The big cherry on the lake side of the house — the one with the horizontal dead branch for 35 yrs — has been cut down & neatly taken care of by Ken Boyer (ace cutter).
Spring flowers:

• lilacs (in new place)
• Slope of violets
• Jack in Pulpit
• Toothwort
• Foam flower
• painted trillium
• star flower
• May Apples
• Cinque foil
• Canada May Flower
• Colt’s Foot
• Strawberry

5/28: Thanks for including me in your Memorial Day festivities— I’ll be back whenever you invite me!
Rich

5/28: Thanks again for another great weekend. Looking forward to the next one!
A’ndrea

5/29: Wow–every time I come here, I am reminded of how calm and beautiful it is. Thank you, again (!), for a great weekend. – Sean

5/29: Brian & Barb & Buddy had a wonderful time as always. Great place!!

5/29: Mrs. Ford had another wonderful Shunk visit. What a great place to celebrate the first blissful year of being married to her treasured husband Jason. Looking forward to many more celebrations and trips to Shunk. Love to all–Abby

5/29: First anniversary in Shunk. Looking forward to many great years and maybe some of our guests this weekend will be marrying each other some day! – Jason

5/29: Nice time. Thanks again!
Daniel J. E…

7/3: I forgot to take a jog, but I DID sign the log! Ian, Anastasia, & I had a wonderful 3-day visit. Very relaxing!
Crystal, Ana, Ian

7/6: A wonderful few days at the lake – kayaking, trampolining, counting & sorting cars, making music and bear watching!
Thanks! Henny & Lightning McQueen AKA Colin

7/7/07: Too short! I cut, split, and stacked wood. The dogs were happy. Gotta go back to VT to do some freelance work.
Adam

7/8/07: Nina, Mark, Isaiah (4 yrs) and Naima (3 mo.) were here for 5 days – Naima on her first visit to the lake. We swept out the treehouse and the stone steps, weeded the sandpile, wrote a story about Crocs sandals, and Isaiah and Mark went out in the paddle boat and went swimming. Lovely days! Back soon (we’re here from Ithaca).

7/19/07: Another wonderful visit with wonderful people – Isaiah, Ken and Joanne in this wonderful place. We heard calls of the common yellow throat – witchety, witchety, whitchity, the rattle of the belted kingfisher, the coo of the mourning dove, the burble – “Here I am? Where are you? Overhere” of the red-eyed vireo – and bowled in the hall, played a card game of …, Scrabble too with Ken having 2 7-letter words in one game. The tenderwing moth in the window entertained us. “Moth sugar” didn’t work. Time to go – I look forward to coming back. Thanks so much
Love, Donna

7/21/07: Thank you for a wonderful visit both ways on my journey to Chautauqua. I loved our walks in the woods – being introduced to a range of fern species, visiting treehouses & the big tree. – picking & identifying wildflowers – kayaking on the lake, visiting Joanne’s childhood home & the sawmill – Making … with Isaiah – seeing real nestlings, playing Scrabble and the recorder – and just visiting. A real delight! And the night sky was beautiful. What a lovely summer home – Thanks to both Joanne & Ken
Sarah (West)

8/3: Daniel & I were here for a week.
Caroline

8/4/07: Paul Wendy Nate Colin Casey & Lakota. Arrived 10PM Sun July 29. Departing 8:45 AM Sat August 4. Spent quality time with cousins Isaiah, Daniel & Thomas.
One day outing to Knoebels, 2 campfires, a little bit of fishing and one little fish. Lakota swam. Paul biked. Casey hiked around the lake. Paul & Wendy explored the back roads and found Berry Hill farm and the Crestmont Inn in Eagles Mere. One trip to the Rock Run swimming hole left Colin craving another. A busy week all around.

8/5/07: What a lovely visit – beautiful setting, loving people. It was an inspiration with beauty, love and learning!
With deep affection and love,
Elaine, Nana, Mark’s mother

Agosto/05/2007: estas horas de convivencia nos nuestran como pedemos compartir horas y mas horas de bien vivir y bien estar sin importar origin, raza, creemos y diferantes … de ver. Mil y mil gracias por su hospitalidad. ¡Hasta muy pronto!
Mario y Rosa Maria
mariogallato@gmail.com – velaponte@yahoo.fr
Romero de Torreros 817 – F
Col. Del Valle
México D.F. CP 0310 MEXICO

8/14/07: Although I don’t fly back to ABQ until tomorrow I have to leave today which makes me sad. However, the 2.5 weeks I spent were great this year. I especially had a lot of fun sailing in the Sunfish (which I’ve never done before). I hope to be able to come back again next year for more fun in Shunk.
–Thomas E.

8-15-07: ISAIAH

Naima, Isaiah and I are off to NYC to visit Aunt Sylvia after a wonderful few weeks at the lake (Isaiah was here for almost a month). We’re en route from Ithaca back to Providence.
Nina

8/16/07: Masha
I went on the kayak for my first time. We piked a lot of blak berrys but not menny blue berrys. I went in the woods by my self!

8/26/07: This trip marks a big turning point in the lives of many. As Pop markets and sells the flying book, he begins (significantly, we hope) work on the bacteria book. This is also the last summer the Japanese beetles eat freely without any predator (or killer poison). Gramma & Pop also get to send off their first grandchild to college.
I had another lovely stay and will be back next summer (maybe with new found friends!) and ready to relax once again. But, today, I leave for NYC and the next stage in my life. Thank you for letting me stay here, Gramma & Pop!
Adam, good luck – I’ll be up to ski this winter. Waco is calling…
Love, Charlie

8/28/07: Here for a week. Chopped wood. Absolutely beautiful. hate to leave, but i must get back to the land of high-speed internet!
Adam

8/30/07: We’re leaving this am on Friday before Labor Day. Beautiful cool (60’s) day.
New things:
New washing machine
5 grandchildren Blue Spruces
3 Red Maples
New Weed Whacker, Coffee Table

9·03·07
A brief visit but one full of delights! Canoeing, fresh air, hiking, and games and good conversations. Thanks for the hospitality.
Damaris

9-03-07
Another Shunk trip. Played many new games. Lost them all. Had fun anyway. Great weather!
–Jason

9/3/07: Amazing time. Very gifted cooks! Rowing with everyone was wonderful even though Rebecca really did all the work. I love the new bridges on the trail around the lakes.
Abby Kay (other Abby)

9/4/07
Once again, words entirely fail to describe just how beautiful it is here. A great weekend with good friends, all relaxed and having fun. Thank you again for allowing us to share this wonderful area.
Sean Blinn

9/4/07
Another beautiful Labor Day weekend at the lake. The hiking and canoeing were great! And such beautiful weather.
Sharon

9/4/07
Beautiful weather, wonderful friends, and the relaxing atmosphere of your lovely Shunk house. I can’t think of anything that could be better. Thanks for another great Labor Day weekend.
Rebecca Nielsen