The little island which has been floating around Clary Lake since it broke loose from the floating bog last spring has taken up residence on the south shore. It has been sitting off the Wilson camp at the end of Duncan Road for the last couple of months, then a couple of days ago it apparently floated (or was moved?) from off the Wilson camp shoreline to a point just west of Young’s Point. From there, high winds associated with Hurricane Lee took over. The picture above, taken from Steve & Anne Giampetruzzi’s camp yesterday afternoon, shows it on the move, driven by high winds, and headed for the south shore. The picture at left, taken late yesterday afternoon shows it at it’s new home over on the south side of the lake just east of the opening in the 
Fergusson field where people go swimming. It’s firmly aground now in about 4 feet of water. The lake is currently down 1/2 a foot; perhaps when the lake level rises again it will float free and continue it’s exploration of Clary Lake. Last spring the loons were quite interested in it as a potential nest site and at one point we hoped to haul it over to the loon’s traditional nesting place and anchor it, over on the north shore. Getting it back over there now would not be easy.
The Annual Meeting of the Clary Lake Association that was held last Saturday, August 7th was a fine meeting, but not all that well attended. Much to our chagrin, it turns out we did not have a quorum present, something that didn’t become apparent until a couple of days later when I was reviewing the attendance records. Oops! This means that the election of Officers and Board members and the Membership approval of our 2021/2022 budget were invalid, and will have to be redone. 