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Janine The Barefoot

Wacky Norwegian Woman
My uncle owned a small wood cabin with tresses made out of railroad ties and a fireplace made from river stones that had been stacked and mortared together from the ground up through the roof. It had a loft over the upper half of one side of the cabin (the loft sat over the bedrooms and we climbed a ladder in-between them to get up into it where they'd thrown a couple of mattresses for the kids to sleep on.

Out in front was a long deck that ended just about the same place the lily pads did so that we could sit on the end of the dock and ski up onto the water without clogging up the motors..... God, it was a beautiful place. For as long as I live I'll remember the sound of crickets echoing on the water at dark, bonfires to roast ho dogs on, wading through lily pads to swim during the day and water skiing off of that long beautiful deck.....

A cabin on the lake should never have been made into a horror movie. It's the most magical place of any kid's life and it helps to keep that kid alive in us all. We may never go there again as my Uncle has long since passed and I don't think I could bear it without him....
But I'll have those memories for as long as I live and man, what memories they are!

Thanks Alice! I haven't thought about that place in such a long time I couldn't tell you if I wanted to. But because we were kidding around, I got a piece of it back tonight and now I'm full to the brim with childhood memories as happy as all the rest combined. You gave me a "lifetime of happy moments" (if you've seen that thread) and I don't have the words to tell you how grateful I am.

:emoji_kiss::emoji_dancer: And DBs for you because you gave me back a part of my childhood I'd forgotten I even had.....
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart! :emoji_yum: :emoji_hugging: :emoji_clap:
 

croft_alice

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My uncle owned a small wood cabin with tresses made out of railroad ties and a fireplace made from river stones that had been stacked and mortared together from the ground up through the roof. It had a loft over the upper half of one side of the cabin (the loft sat over the bedrooms and we climbed a ladder in-between them to get up into it where they'd thrown a couple of mattresses for the kids to sleep on.

Out in front was a long deck that ended just about the same place the lily pads did so that we could sit on the end of the dock and ski up onto the water without clogging up the motors..... God, it was a beautiful place. For as long as I live I'll remember the sound of crickets echoing on the water at dark, bonfires to roast ho dogs on, wading through lily pads to swim during the day and water skiing off of that long beautiful deck.....

A cabin on the lake should never have been made into a horror movie. It's the most magical place of any kid's life and it helps to keep that kid alive in us all. We may never go there again as my Uncle has long since passed and I don't think I could bear it without him....
But I'll have those memories for as long as I live and man, what memories they are!

Thanks Alice! I haven't thought about that place in such a long time I couldn't tell you if I wanted to. But because we were kidding around, I got a piece of it back tonight and now I'm full to the brim with childhood memories as happy as all the rest combined. You gave me a "lifetime of happy moments" (if you've seen that thread) and I don't have the words to tell you how grateful I am.

:emoji_kiss::emoji_dancer: And DBs for you because you gave me back a part of my childhood I'd forgotten I even had.....
....................................:emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers::emoji_dancers:............................................

Thank you from the bottom of my heart! :emoji_yum: :emoji_hugging: :emoji_clap:
Glad i can help
 
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