Cottage Onwership
Maybe you could rent for a season, or a year, and see what it would be like. The investment in a second home, albeit "only" a cottage, will be serious, and, if I may be so bold as to say so, should only be undertaken if all family members are basically on board with the decision. Some of the activities that children sign up for during the summer through their hometown recreation departments are quite nice, but the activities a child will be exposed to in cottage living will last a life time. How many of us remember learning to run on the rocks along the shoreline, turn over flat stones and catch crayfish, dig for earthworms and then go "drown" them in hopes of catching the big one that didn't get away, pick up fallen dead wood and have a bonfire to celebrate nothing - just life. These experiences only happen within the family setting, not the local rec department. Think about it, then go for it !!
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