Thanks John Bawol and Tula Alexander!
To anyone that is parking here or has in the past or plans to in the future please listen up. Mr. John Bawol and Ms. Tula Alexander are doing us all a great deed and keeping with a great tradition. I'm not here to preach at any of you though it will come off that way but please don't take it that way. I think the least we can all do is treat the place as if it were your own and leave it at least as good and hopefully better than you found it on your day when you park and fish from there. If at all possible buy your bait from the local baitshop, The Minnow Bucket, buy your snacks and drinks from one of the local stores, and fill your tanks up on the way home before you leave town. In the mean time, take the time and visit the St. Helen Lake Association website and put a check in the mail for a mere $10/year to become a member so that good people like John and Tula can use it towards all of the things mentioned on their website from fish stocking, caring for the lake, getting kids involved in fishing, and other events they hold throughout the year. I cannot possibly think of a way to better spend $10. I know times are tight for some and they aren't great for me either but if you would like to join but don't have the funds send me a PM and I'll pony up a few extra Hamiltons if need be to get as many involved as possible. To save you some time here is the website as well so you can do it on your own if you can:
https://www.sthelenlakeassociation.org/
Thanks guys and gals and just think about it for a minute and it should make sense to you. And for you jokesters, haha, that's me too, no, I'm not getting any benefit from this but just think it is the right thing to do and we need more of that in the world. Here's to an awesome 2021!