Driving to the lake
Our drive from Connecticut in the 50s and 60s was also a very long one, longer than today's four and one half hour drive. It took us about 7 hours, and my parents would always leave at 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 a.m.which meant that my brother and I slept for most of the trip. I do remember, however, that when we entered New Hampshire, my father would always open his car window, and as he said, would "flush" out all of the Connecticut air, and fill the car with New Hampshire air. Believe it or not, that is still a tradition which we follow today.... as soon as we hit the Welcome to New Hamshire/Bienvenue au New Hampshire sign, we do the same thing! Old habits die hard.
We were very fortunate in that as soon as school was out at the end of June each year, we headed to the lake for the entire summer. Life was very, very simple then.... no tv, no electricity, not even indoor plumbing in those early years at the lake.... and no telephone. And yes, there were so few of us in our area of the lake, we could tell by the sound of outboard or inboard motors who was coming through the channel...We all knew each other, and we all knew many of the Moultonboro year-round residents
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