A Week on a Lake

Oh my.  Last February I went on-line in hopes of finding a cottage on a Finger Lake to rent for one week.  But the economy scared the heck out of me so, after putting out many promising feelers, I retreated.  I truly regret not responding to some nice folks who were hoping I'd rent their places.  I just didn't know if there would be funds to support this dream of spending a week on a Finger Lake during the summer of 2011.

A few months later, I woke up on a Sunday morning.  Way too early, by the way, but once up,  this hyper gal had to do SOMETHING so, I went on-line.  I decided that a cottage might very well be in the budget for the summer.  After exploring my February links and realizing that most were already rented, I expanded my search and found an adorable location on a small lake.  Once my partner woke up, I showed her the site.  We rented it right on the spot.  Dear friends, my partner and I and all of our friends and family who visited, are now enamored by the experience.

So, I don't want to share the location.  I KNOW.   That's just not fair!  It's a best kept secret and we are under this location's spell.  I'll think about this in terms of posting the location in the future, but for now, what I will share is that this experience was SO amazingly positive, I now want to sell my house and move over to the lake.  At minimum, we want to rent for a week again next year (which is more realistic). 

We were fortunate enough to stay in a place that was a few steps from the water.   There were no steps leading down to the water.  The water was WARM -- bath water warm.  We went for walks.  We went swimming. We went running.  We went bird watching.  We went kayaking.  We went bicycling.  We visited with friends and family and met the locals.  It was life-changing and we are grateful for the experience...and we are saving up for next summer and ... retirement.  It was ... heaven.   I can't wait to go back.  CCat 10.3.11, 9:08pm.