Feelin them Lake Winni Blues

For almost the entirety of my life my family has owned a little cottage up in the Braun Bay region of Lake Winnipesaukee. It is my family's own little slice of heaven and my favorite place to spend my summers. Ever since I was 4 years old I have met some of my closest friends up there for a summer full of adventure and fun. Whether its playing "Cracken Tag" at the dock or being dragged at what feels like 400 miles per hour in a tube behind my dad's speed boat, my friends and I always seem to have a good time.

Some of my favorite memories I have, have been formulated at my lake house. I remember all the times that my friends and I would go into town and just goof around. When we were little we bought plastic light sabers and pretended that we were jedis and sith masters, I was always a jedi. We would go on my canoe out into the middle of the lake and fish for large mouth bass and perch, bringing back alll that we had caught and having a fish fry with it all. Running around on the beach playing tag, hide and go seek, capture the flag, wiffleball, and football all were on my long to do list while I was enjoying my time at my lake house.

Sadly though these good times are coming to an end. All of my friends, including myself are getting into college and working to pay for college. Because of this there is no time to go to the lake. My lake house will lie dormant along with the soft, sandy beach. My time of having fun at the lake is almost over and I need to accept this. I am growing up. My friends are growing up. We have so much more to do then we have ever had before. No more time for the lake. A piece of my childhood is fading away with my age and I wish that I could still walk along the long, dirt path down to the lake as a 4 year old and jump into the water head first, much to my mother's dismay. I wish I could still swim through the refreshing water with my friends, when my only worries are what am I having for lunch and whose house are we having the bonfire at tonight? But now those times are over and it is time to go back to reality.

Even though not much time will be spent there though, I know that all of the time there will be amazing. Possibly even better then ever before. I know now that my time up at my beloved lake house is limited. So now more then ever I need to go out with a bang. I need to have more fun this year then I ever have had, create more memories that I can share with friends and family and possibly in the future my children. No one can fully understand the significance my lake house holds to me. The best thing I can do to remember it now is to have the best summer of my life up there and hopefully by the end of the summer I won't be feeling them Lake Winni blues.