The Adventure of Living on
Lake Travis
Walter Judkins shown here doing underwater dock maintenance repairs on Lake Travis.
SERVICES Inc.
It’s not a secret that people love being near water. There’s so much to do: swimming, kayaking, fishing, canoeing and sailing, and that’s just scratching the surface. It’s said that most people will either own or wish to own a home near water at some point in their lives. Just having a view of water from your home is considered a great achievement in life.
Lake Travis is 63.75 miles long and covers 18,929 acres. The lake is considered full at an elevation of 681.1 msl. There are 270 miles of shoreline around the lake with an average depth of 62 feet. There is nothing more serene and beautiful than gazing out over Lake Travis on a warm and lazy, sunny summer day.
It’s human nature to seek out bodies of water. Maps of the world show that the bulk of humanity live near water. Vacationing at the beach or finding solace fishing on a lake, well... it just seems to make us happier. Lake Travis certainly makes a lot of people who live around it very happy. It’s a lifestyle all its own. Over the past 25 years many of the modest weekend and fishing cottages have been transformed into permanent residences and new luxury homes spot the banks from Hudson Bend to the Pedernales River. More than 12,000 lucky individuals call Lake Travis home.
WALTER JUDKINS is one of the lucky ones having lived and worked in the Lake Travis area for more than 25 years. He has seen a lot of changes and been through a lot of changes throughout those years as he worked remodeling and building homes in the Lakeway and Lake Travis vicinity. In 2005, after spending time in Tikrit, Iraq working as a contractor in camp Forward Operation Base “Danger” as a construction superintendent, he decided to literally dive into the adventure of owning a marine construction business. And he continues to live everyday as an adventure.
Walter Judkins, owner and operator of Lake Services Inc.offers state-of-the-art incline elevator systems.
Living and doing business on the water is not a new experience for Judkins. His past is drenched in a passion that has always taken him into the depths of water related activities and work. As a youth his first love took the form of a surfboard while island jumping from Hawaii to the shores of Okinawa to the beaches of California. As a young man he found himself working offshore in the tempestuous waters of the Gulf of Mexico. There he worked in hazardous conditions while scuba diving doing underwater construction, and eventually becoming the captain of a 150 foot ship. Currently Walter Judkins owns and operates LAKE SERVICES INC., a local company specializing in marine construction and shoreline stabilization services. Living and working within the Lake Travis and Lake Austin areas, Walter Judkins knows and understands lake front development. Visit his website at www.lakeservicesinc.com for more information and list of services or call (512) 653-0730 or email at lakeserivesinc@gmail.com.
SERVICES Inc.
(512) 653-0730 or email at lakeserivesinc@gmail.com