When Lou and Deedee Bondurant bought their home on Merriman Way in 2000, it came ready-made with two docks. The property, located near the end of a peninsula, has a dock on the Roanoke River and one on Bettys Creek.

But what does one do with two docks?

If you know Deedee Bondurant, you'd probably guess at least one of them has to be adorned with lime green paraphernalia. And you'd be right.

The Bettys Creek dock has been dubbed the She Doo Shaque, named for the She-Doos, an all-female group of personal watercraft riders she helped organize in 2002. Its signature color is -- you guessed it -- lime green.

But it wasn't always the She Doo Shaque. When the Bondurants bought the property, the Bettys Creek dock simply "existed," said Deedee Bondurant.

"It was a play toy for the grandkids," she said. "It wasn't much, but they thought it was something."

Then in 2006, Bondurant found a cabana that looked like a cottage through an online company in Canada.

"It came in on palettes and a carpenter put it together," she said.

Bondurant said she bought the cabana just to have a place to store the kayaks and the grandchildren's inflatable lake toys. But once the cabana was put into place, the dock ceased to "exist" and became a place to be. And well, the She-Doos needed a clubhouse.

She painted the shutters green and soon followed up with a variety of dock accessories in the She-Doos' signature shade. Bondurant spray-painted metal tables and chairs lime green. She bought chartreuse umbrellas at Kroger and bright green planters at Target.

"I've got a lot of lime green -- just look at my house," said Bondurant. "If it's lime, we buy it."

The dock's coup de grace is a sign she ordered from Westlake Signs. Adhered to the cabana door, the sign reads: She Doo Shaque. And once a year, that's where the She-Doos congregate.

"Once a month, we have an event at one of the members' docks," said Bondurant.

Because there are 46 She-Doos spread across the lake, the club is split into five groups. Bondurant's group, The Island Huggers, has 12 members, so each member hosts an event yearly.

In September 2008, Bondurant hosted a rendition of "Deal or No Deal." This year, her dock will be the site of a "Survivor" spin-off. She's mum on the details, not wanting to give too much away to her fellow members. But there will be shelter making, food tasting and the ever-important "voting off the island."

In an effort to create a club based on another of her watersports -- kayaking -- Bondurant had another sign made for her cabana door. It reads: Yak-Yak Hut.

"Lou came up with the name Yak-Yaks," she said.

To date, the club hasn't been organized.

"There's just not enough hours in the day and not enough days in the week," said Bondurant.

But if you know Deedee Bondurant, you know intention and imagination are all she needs.

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