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madrasahs · 09-20-2004, 05:38 AM

A recent favorite memory was in 1993.

My family and I drove a 22-year-old VW camper towing a 20-foot boat to our "new" purchase: the Olde Cottage of Our Childhood on Winnipesaukee.

It took 30 hours of continuous driving, and getting lost twice -- once just an hour from the lake! Delays included having to repair the new trailer axle (by myself) at 2AM. We arrived at 3:30 AM, just as the sun was glowing in June's eastern sky.

We marveled at the "new" view, "new" sundecks, "new" big dock, and bemoaned the previous owner's cutting of most of our shoreline trees.

We should have just "crashed", but we gathered at the water's edge and heard the waves crashing on the distant shore, driven by warm, strong, Southeries.

After what seemed like a long time, we all hugged, turned around, climbed the stairs back to the "camp", and started rearranging the furniture -- at 4AM!

09-20-2004, 05:38 AM	#15
madrasahs Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 381 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	"Back" to the Future A recent favorite memory was in 1993. My family and I drove a 22-year-old VW camper towing a 20-foot boat to our "new" purchase: the Olde Cottage of Our Childhood on Winnipesaukee. It took 30 hours of continuous driving, and getting lost twice -- once just an hour from the lake! Delays included having to repair the new trailer axle (by myself) at 2AM. We arrived at 3:30 AM, just as the sun was glowing in June's eastern sky. We marveled at the "new" view, "new" sundecks, "new" big dock, and bemoaned the previous owner's cutting of most of our shoreline trees. We should have just "crashed", but we gathered at the water's edge and heard the waves crashing on the distant shore, driven by warm, strong, Southeries. After what seemed like a long time, we all hugged, turned around, climbed the stairs back to the "camp", and started rearranging the furniture -- at 4AM!