Why no one has noticed, is my owner a flake?
I wonder as I wander just like early last year,
Why no one will rescue me, why I am left here?
(OK, try and sing it now, it's pretty close)
This is the second time in 2009 that a poor swim float (who's owner will remain unnamed) has taken to wandering loose on Findley Lake. In the spring, it wandered South, making it all the way to the big island. It hung out there, apparently seeking some kind of companionship, until it finally moved north again. It spent some time looking for it's family (who apparently didn't really care about it). It was finally returned to it's mooring.
This winter's perambulation finds our intrepid swim float heading North. It should be moved, post haste, as it is in the navigable channel of the lake and some poor, demented snowmobiler, whipping down the lake, might run into it. Only problem is that it appears to be frozen in place. Technically I believe it is also now non-compliant with our zoning and town laws regarding swim platforms.
Being easy going myself, I think the owner should realize that sometimes swim floats (like trees) just get up and go for no reason. I certainly think that neither the Town, the Zoning Officer, NOR the Watershed Foundation should take any action until maybe July and then, they should politely offer to tow the float back to it's mooring. That would be the friendly, rural, way of helping a fellow citizen.
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