Trips to the lake

One of my favorite places off of Lake Chelan is Lucerne. Lucerne is where the Lady of the Lake boat docks to off load passengers so they can ride the rest of the way up the mountain to Holden. Art is a bus driver and so at least twice a week I ride down with him to Lucerne to meet the boat.

Until today, Lucerne has been like a summer resort. The lake water is cold but the outside air has been nearly 90 degrees. We can fish or swim while we wait or simply sit in the sun on the boat dock. When the boat comes in we help off load passengers and luggage and assure them that they have not just delivered to the very edge of the world. Art then drives us all back to the village.

Today the weather turned and the lake was like the ocean, all waves, wind and white caps. We watched the floating dock be dashed around and the waves would wash up over the dock, getting the unsuspecting wet. The boat was late due to the chop and so a few of us just sat and chatted on the dock. As the boat finally arrived and then pulled out, Art and I stood alone on the dock and waved to those we had just delivered down the mountain. Alone... Alone... Alone - together we drove up the mountain back home. I wonder what the non-Holden people on the boat think of us as we are left behind.