Mount "Washing Machine"
The kids have always been thrilled to see the Mount coming into Wolfeboro Bay. When my daughter was first learning to talk, and she'd see it in the distance, she'd yell out its name, but it came out sounding like "the Mount Washing Machine". Makes me smile to think about it.
Growing up, as my folks would drive into Wolfeboro from Alton, my brother and I would strain ourselves to be the first one to see the Windrifter sign and yell out "I see it!" (The Windrifter was our first "residence" at the lake.) 30 years later, and I still yell it out it in my head, even though the Windrifter isnt our final destination any more.
When leaving, I always have to take a detour down to the town docks to see the lake "one last time" even if leaving only for a week.
Great thread!
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