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John A. Birdsall · 12-04-2009, 07:55 PM

My grandfather kept a camp journal for the cottage in Merrymeeting Cove, and it was interesting and sometimes we have to use it to find out how he did something or when it was done. he recorded purchasing lumber from Barnes and how much it cost. He drew diagrams with measurments on it, and he talked about there trips from Melrose Mass to the cottage and where they ate. He mentioned who was at the camp an when. When the cottage was turned over to my father, he has done the same thing. We used it this summer when we were having trouble with the drain system in the cottage its fun of sorts to say something was done in say 1975 and then find that it was 1962. And back when we did not have a truck available how did they get the material to the camp they tied it on the roof of the car. That may not seem odd but think of a steel glidder on the roof. Family cottages have many memories and need to be shared.

12-04-2009, 07:55 PM	#11
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	camp Journal My grandfather kept a camp journal for the cottage in Merrymeeting Cove, and it was interesting and sometimes we have to use it to find out how he did something or when it was done. he recorded purchasing lumber from Barnes and how much it cost. He drew diagrams with measurments on it, and he talked about there trips from Melrose Mass to the cottage and where they ate. He mentioned who was at the camp an when. When the cottage was turned over to my father, he has done the same thing. We used it this summer when we were having trouble with the drain system in the cottage its fun of sorts to say something was done in say 1975 and then find that it was 1962. And back when we did not have a truck available how did they get the material to the camp they tied it on the roof of the car. That may not seem odd but think of a steel glidder on the roof. Family cottages have many memories and need to be shared.