Post #243240 by ZuluMagoo on Sun, Jul 16, 2006 12:52 PM

Over the 4th of July weekend I took my family down to my mother-in-law's lake house down on Grand Lake for our annual holiday visit. My wife's family has been splitting time between their Wichita homes and their lake homes for over 50 years, so they know a lot about Grand Lake. No one knew anything or had ever heard about a nudist colony on the Lake. Knowing what I know about the lake and the culture in that corner of Oklahoma, it sounds like it may have been a good story, ala urban legend.

But the mention of a lost tiki hunt on the lake piqued a lot of interest with the family, so one afternoon we loaded up the house boat and headed off to Courthouse Hollow to try to find the infamous 'Tiki Point'.

From the fly deck, rounding the point at Shangri La, the entrance to Courthouse Hollow is directly ahead.

The entrance to Courthouse Hollow. Keep your eyes open for lost tikis as we proceed.

What's that off to the port side? It's the lost tiki of 'Tiki Point'.

Not very big is he? The postcard is misleading, the photographer shot it from below and made him look bigger than he really is. But, he is still standing proud on his never ending lookout.

The boat moves in closer for a better view.

Notice anything interesting about the floating dock next to the point?

Somebody knew something about the history of this place and named the dock. The speed boat in back on the pontoons is also named 'Tiki Point' on the back in the same font.

'Tiki Point' is further back in the hollow than originally thought. But he can easily be found from the water.

Afterwards, we dropped anchor at the back of the hollow, just off 'Tiki Point', for a few hours, went swimming and had lunch before heading back to our dock. All in all, a fun afternoon for everyone.

Zulu

[ Edited by: ZuluMagoo 2006-07-17 06:51 ]