This won't mean anything to you unless you've been to our place at the lake...

It feels like they've paved paradise and put up a parking lot...

They (whoever "they" is) built a dyke right beside the cabin.

It looks like a road. It's 8 feet above the yard.
Kind of blocks our view of the lake from the backyard.

It's a bit of a steep climb to get to the top.

Very weird.