Today our family was invited to a sort of house warming/Fall/Halloween party at a friend's new home on the shores of Lake Nockamixon. When I looked up the address I knew it was going to be good, but I didn't realize just how good.
The long winding driveway is a sure giveaway to the treasure at the end of the road. A new house with the important things, a lot of windows showing off the amazing views of their lake frontage. They own roughly 11 acres of mostly open property with the new home perfectly positioned to view the wonderful lake. They had a fire going, tons of food, views galore, sports on three televisions and my complete admiration.
I felt drawn to the water like I normally am, it's amazing how it feels with just the addition of water to a property can do for that property.
My wife and I had paddled past this property before, a friend of mine almost bought it, and thought how nice it'd be if we could have this kind of property to enjoy. It's so beautiful and relaxing. Although it wasn't as quiet as it is at our house, funny how that works.
Of course the kids were all over the place, checking out every inch of the property and the house, they rode on the hayride three times and played on the bounce house forever.
When it came time to leave it was like pulling teeth, the two little ones weren't ready to go just yet, but after serious negotiations. After the yelling and screaming match was over, we made it down the road with apologies in tow. I'll never understand why it's so hard for them to leave a place without the yelling and screaming, I know there's are other kids that put their parents through this kind of trouble but I wish, for once, my children were not one of them.
My new goals are going to be to get this house up to date, finished and enjoy it for a while. In the meanwhile I'm going to plan my pursuit of my happy place, on the water, in the woods.
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