members of the Kilroy family

What's for dinner? Haggis and homemade-mustard appetizers. Italian sausage (venison/elk), compliments of Uncle Lou's successful hunting season. Lime-enhanced salad, homemade bread and Doug's venison spaghetti. And, headaches aplenty: Carlo Rossi Paisano wine.

from left, moving clockwise: Doug (our ferryman this day and lifelong family friend -- he introduced Kilroy to Sharma's parents years ago and has one of the broadest histories here), Nancy (has a cabin on the hillside, is an incredible sailor), "Uncle" Lou (trustworthy Lou is the only person who lives here year-round -- he's the perennial caretaker of the cabins and is much loved by the Shields), John (Nancy's son -- he is already one of Kilroy's most active residents, having built a sauna from scratch overlooking the creekbed), and, of course, Sam.