Several of you have asked what the lake-house I have looks like. I've finally gotten around to posting some pictures that I took in June of this year.
The yellow cabin you see in the pictures is the family cabin. Everyone uses it. It's been in the family since the thirties (I think that's when it was built). The interior shots are not of that cabin however. They are of a cabin owned by my wife and I (along with my brother and sister). We've been in the process of "remodeling" the interior of that cabin for the last year or so (it was in really poor shape when we inherited it). And, it actually looks different now that what you seen in these pictures (there's new carpet now as well).
The lake it self is about seven and a half miles around. At its widest point, it's probably about a mile across. That should tell you how long it is.
The lake is, of course, my favorite place in the world. I dream of being able to live there full time one day. I have no idea if that'll ever happen, but it's an extraordinarily nice thought.