I grew up in gresham, and my grandparents had one at big eddy's My grandpa died, and my mom and dad took over the morage fee, and up keep on the house. So it was basically ours. Your neighbors are really close, but you usually dont have to wory about theivs, (you have to have a key or code to the main gate) and there is always that someone who knows everybody, and everything that goes on. The grocery thing isnt all that bad, you get used to it, and if you have two people each with one of those rubbermaid wheelbarrow things, you only have to make one trip. As for the partying in the summer time, you either like it or you dont, at our house, if you didnt like beer, jimmy buffet, and the occasional martini, you didnt last long, (its just the river mentality) Everyone is pretty nice though, and on our dock everyone kept quiet during the week. As far as fishing goes, it was great, my sister rented the house for a summer from my parents, and she is only a few years older than me, so i basically lived there on the weekends, it was great, my sled was in the boatwell, and nomatter how hungover i was, it still wasnt too tough to get out of bed, run up th river, toss anchor, and nurse a hangover while fishing. Fishing is no longer a half day thing, no trailering, or boat ramps. So you can fesably go salmon fishing in your boat before, or after work for a couple hours. You get more fishing time due to lack of yard work that needs to be done, and if any work needs to be done thats major, unless you dive, you cant fix it your self anyways. The winter time seemed pretty harsh, but we were never there in the winter. (we only used ours as a summer place, and didnt really live in it during the week) All in all, i wish they hadnt sold it, but then again I wasnt the one footing the bill.
Also, if you can go somewhere where you can actually buy the slip, because at the one we were at there was a 600 dollar a month morage fee, with no option to buy. I know you can buy slips at other places, and think of it as an investment, cause if you do sell, you will make money on it.
hope this helps. :cheers:
