Hey, you should post a picture of your Dad's lake house.
Becky
OKAY.... here's the link...
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=10&X=2642&Y=26178&W=1
I decided to link this instead of copying the picture, because it doesn't mean much without the setting. You can't see the house, really, for the trees. If you scan down the beach there are two docks sitting on the sand. (picture taken at low tide) A large one, and a smaller one. Our beach house is the smaller one.
It's not a lake, it's on Puget Sound, Salt water. When you find our dock, start clicking the 'zoom out' feature, and perhaps look one click south, until you can see what Puget Sound looks like.
Woah - I clicked over to "urban areas" and it's a LOT better detail...
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=9&Z=10&X=5284&Y=52357&W=1