I wasn't going to post but since I was egged on by APS, I will. My family history goes way back on Lake Winni. My great grandfather died gathering ice from the lake. My parents first owned their own lake property in 1954. So I was fortunate to have spent almost all of my life on the lake. My better half and I have been in our own house on the lake for about 25 years. So we have been lakeside for at least 3 generations. I love the lake and could never imagine being anywhere else in the world in the summer. Winter is a different story as I hate cold. But we did love to snowmobile when there was snow. I think I have done everything there is to do on the lake, except those new chair things that go up and down. What do you call them?
I remember when there were no houses on the east side of Rattlesnake. I also remember when a friend of the family bought the first lot on Cow Island across from the Barber Pole. He tented there, but before he could build was killed in a car accident. So I guess I am getting to be one of the old timers on the lake. But I still occasionally remember how much fun it was being a teenager on Lake Winnipesaukee!
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