Huntington Lake 2009

This was our 21st year at the lake, and as with previous years its was very much the same and yet things were different. The pictures this year seem to be better than past years, but each of us came away with a new agenda of what we wanted to do next year.

Edward who has always loved the lake, recognized that he has grown to value different things and that many of the wonderful things the lake had to offer no longer are important to him. Swimming has always been a large part of the trip for him, but this year he complained the water was to cold and he was not interested. He also complained that it was too dirty a place. I wonder if our recent trips to Worldmark sites (out timeshare club) have not soured him. All the Worldmark sites are set up the same way with the many of the same brands of things in them. This provides him with some comfort away from home perhaps he is a bit spoiled this year.

Dorothy too was voicing mixed feelings about the lake. She loves the place for its quiet, beauty, and perfect weather. It was just hard to believe that we agreed to do the trip without Teddy, Gavin or even Revel. Nothing much has changed over the 21 years there is one less restaurant (they actually tore the building down foundation and all) and all three of the major resorts are under new managements which seem to be making small careful changes some good, some not so good.

For me, I will not return without Gavin and Revel. Being in the woods and on the trail is all about being with them for me. We spend so much time walking together, Gavin, Revel and I that I miss them both while I was there. For the longest time I had hoped that we would have a second home at the lake someday and I think this year I finally realized that this is no longer practical and will not happen. It was a quiet week at the lake, which was a beautiful as ever and shall remain a place with wonderful memories.