Family Vacation 1994, 7th Lake Inlet, NY, Taylor Cottage
I always dreamed of taking my family on a vacation like the ones my work colleagues talked about. Their stories about boating, fishing, hiking, and camping in the Adirondacks were fascinating to me. Growing up, my family didn’t take vacations like that. We visited relatives out of town and my dad took us kids fishing; catching night crawlers the night before and waking up at 4am to go fishing was exciting. However, I wanted my children to experience something more, a camping trip like my colleagues’ families. And so, my husband Roger and I saved our money, and in 1994 we rented a cottage in the Adirondacks for our young family, Cannaday (9yrs), Aaron (7yrs), and Ana (6yrs). I had never written a travel diary before. This was my first attempt to capture the special moments my life was too busy to savor. I wanted to have this travel diary for future remembrance when my life slowed down, if it ever did. Day 1 July 2 We left for the Adirondack Mountains at noon with borrowed fishing poles ...