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To: napscoordinator; Bobalu

Cute house. When I was a kid we would spend the entire summer at our cabin on the lake that looks about that size. One half was the “bedroom” that had double beds on the front and back with a bunk bed placed sideways as the divider.

The other half of the cabin was the “kitchen, dining room and living room” (in that order from back to front - stove, table, two small couches and a rocking chair”.

So all summer I would be up there with my three older siblings, my mom, and my grandma and grandpa. Friday-Monday my dad would come up (for a total of eight people!) and haul us around on water skis in his homemade wooden boat.

When the relatives came up for the Fourth of July or other special occasions us kids would put canvas tarps and blankets down on the dirt floor in the boat house.

Ah - those were the days!!

Oh - the bathroom was outside of course, as was the “running” water from the hand pump.


21 posted on 02/05/2008 1:09:36 AM PST by geopyg (Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
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To: geopyg

Sounds like the cabin my grandparents built in Maine! We still spend summers there, log cabin probably 14x21. One room, except for a little tiny bedroom big enough for a bunk bed and dresser. Still no running water, we (hand)pump up from the lake for dishes and have a composting toilet in the shed. It’s amazing what you can do without. Last summer we had 6 adults, 2 teens and a child, plus 4 dogs. Talk about family togetherness!


30 posted on 02/05/2008 4:29:56 AM PST by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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