We arrived at the lodge on Lake Lucille happy and hungry,
and a bit concerned about the weather, which was overcast and dark.
Mary ordered some monster lunch on a hot ceramic fry-shaped dish, as
did Betty Emerich, as you can see below:
| Lunch at the lodge on Lake Lucille |
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Peaking over Betty's head is Dolores Oliver, next to
husband Jack. With their backs to us in the background are Virginia and
Tom Klinger. After lunch we all wandered around the beautiful grounds
of the lodge and gazed out over Lake Lucille. As you can see below, the
sky was overcast so the pictures are dark. Still, it's apparent that
it's a magnificent place, with boats and float planes pulling up like
cars.
| Luxurious docks and Lake Lucille under threatening
skys |
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Soon sounds of small aircraft filled the air and we could
see them swarming in like mosquitoes. In the picture below, two that
had landed taxi toward the dock on which I'm standing while another
(the speck in the upper right corner of the picture) circles in for a
landing. The sky is still dark and cloudy, but it's not raining.
| Float planes swarming in for our tour group |
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Then, like a miracle, the sun began to break through and
the grass looked green to my camera as well as to my eyes. This let me
take the picture below of the lodge and about half of our tour group
anxiously awaiting the float plane flights.
| Some of the tour group watching float planes from
the lodge grounds |
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As our private float planes landed one after another
(seven of them to accommodate our group) the weather continued to
clear. By the time we were airborne the air was crystal clear, as you
can see below in the landscape view shortly after takeoff.
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