Candlewood Isle (8/11-12/2022)

Thursday, August 11, 2022 (continued)

A long overdue visit (over 20 years?) to Aunt Gayle and and to meet Horia G on Candlewood Isle in Connecticut.

The property belonged to Tamiko's grandfather
(and Gayle's father), Gordon T, who
created the identifying sign for his "cabin" (KSS)

One of several waterskis constructed by
Gordon T, with his initial logo at the top (KSS)

Drinks with cheese and crackers, and then a lovely meal of pasta with grilled zucchini and shrimp, and a marinated tomato-cucumber salad. Conversation covered a wide range of subjects!

Saturday, August 12, 2022

We were honored to be invited to stay overnight, and our hosts were so accommodating with the air temperature! We had a breakfast of French toast with fresh berries, and Canadian bacon. We cannot thank Aunt Gayle and Unchi Horia enough for their wonderful hospitality!

A view from the upper terrace gives us a peek at the lake below

The lake is nearly hidden in the view from the lower terrace

The first floor exterior front is what remains of the
original design of Gordon T, of the cabin he built;
a rear extension and second floor were added later

Horia and Gayle G

Kent, Tamiko with her Aunt Gayle

Candlewood Lake was created in 1926-1928 by the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the Rocky River Valley. It was filled by pumping water from the Housatonic River, which covered land that was once the hunting grounds for Chief Waramaug and his tribesmen. His was mostly a refugee group from the Pequots, Algonquins, Iroquois, Narragansetts, and other tribes.

Initially the houses built on the island were required to
use only wavy-edge board and field stone for the exterior

The clubhouse is on the northern tip of the island

The beach on Candlewood Isle has been enjoyed
by the family of Tamiko's sister, Kathy W

One swimming raft is left from two, and a kite of a
pink bird keeps the pooping gulls away!

Time to head to RI!