Possum Hollow Cove

By 1974, Bill's mother, a third grade teacher who liked her summers off, had rented a little green cabin on the Gravois Arm here at the lake.  She rented from a couple named Margaret and Roy Thompson, also known as Tom Cat and Whipperwill in CB Radio language - used to communicate with others on the other side of the lake in the old days to avoid long distance phone charges.  Margaret and Roy lived in one cabin, rented the green cabin and another cabin that was two levels added renting availability.  Roy was one of the first dock builders to the lake and even engineered a pully cable boat lift system.  They also sold gas for boats on the dock.  They had an old wooden phone you would crank and they would walk down and pump your gas and give the fishing reports.  If they weren't home, there was a box to put your gas money in.  I guess you could say old Margaret and Roy were entrepreneurs of their time, for this all began back in the '50s.

By 1975, we were expecting baby number one and bored out of our goards.  We decided to drive down to the cabin for something different to do.  Word of caution, one probably shouldn't take long drives in the dead of winter to a place that has no phone and before cell phones have been invented - very uncomfortable and scary!