I too have fond memories, from a different perspective. My dad, mom and I doing part time work on the side opening and closing camps for others. Winterizing the water system, putting docks away and reversing the process in the spring. During the summer doing maintenance, taking trash to the dump and in the winter shoveling snow off the roof. As I recall they worked for about $3/hour but put away for a nice retirement. Dad never charged the customers for my time until I was about 15 but well remember being dragged out of bed on a Saturday to go lug storm windows complaining about it the while time.
Growing up and living in such an area is something I would not change for the world.
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