Ok, that was a long post.
On Friday, I'm out on the lake, chilling in my recently acquired fishing boat, (like I said, almost a local), talking to the same neighbors when we see a group of people on a pontoon boat that has lost power. A man is paddling it from the front platform. I offer to tow them back home and they accept.
Boat looks familiar. I ask,
"is that John and Debbie's boat?" It is.
"I'm Debbie's cousin"
"Are you Denis?"
"I am."
These were my cousin's house guests using their cabin and boat for the weekend. Turns out that my cousin gave them my number in case they needed anything up here. I wound up getting their boat started for them and they were grateful. These were kind of fancy people from NY, a major art museum director and family but they could not have been nicer or more friendly. It's just the way it is up here, the "vibe" if you will. It's also a really small world up here, if you hadn't already got that.
Share your good neighbor/community stories if you've got them.
