That sounds like more family orientated fun that we would enjoy. Our islands seem to draw the drunk, act nuts and crap in the bushes crowd. He have met some fellow lake front owners at the islands which has been nice.
We have one island (Kasota Island) on our lake, very nice, sandy and firm shallow beach all the way around, great for beaching the boat, small kids, walking. It was privately owned for many years with nothing on it, then threatened to sell to developers a few years ago. Locals banded together, raised $1.2mm+, and it was turned over to the land conservancy forever. There is also a trust to maintain it now and people pitch in to keep it clean. They sometimes have weddings, outdoor church services, and other celebrations there (only with permission), so it's very nice.
With that said, it can still get fairly unruly at times, with wall to wall toons, music, alcohol, but certainly nothing like I've witnessed on other lakes. The great thing is, since the locals are "invested" in it, both neighbors and off lakers get zero leeway if they mistreat the land, leave trash, dogs not picked up after, etc. Someone will always speak up and take care of it, firmly supported by the local crowd. We feel fortunate to be able to use it if we choose to do so. Like you though, the party crowd isn't really our thing, so we go out in the midweek evenings when few are there.
I just realized my avatar is the Benny beached there
