My Place 07/12/11

If I imagine a place where I would rather be right now, it would be the lake.  It is the most relaxing place that I can get to go to.          The smells of the lake can be good or bad.  Early in the morning you can walk around the campground and smell everyone’s breakfast.  Usually you will get a good whiff of bacon.  Sometimes later in the day you can smell the familiar aroma of people barbequing.  If you walk down to the shore when they throw the left over fish parts, you will not enjoy the smell.  Sometimes it is so strong it will make my stomach churn.  The bathrooms that I go to are flushable but there are some that are not and sometimes just walking by, you can smell the horrid stench of human waste.  I try to stay up wind from those.  What are the sounds you hear at the lake?  Often times I can sit outside and just hear nature, birds chirping and squirrels rustling.  When there are more people there, those sounds get drown out by people talking, boats roaring across the lake and kids playing nearby.  When we go out on the lake, you can hear the waves hitting on the boat.  Sometimes you can hear a fish splash nearby.  If I am riding the tube behind the boat, you will likely hear me screaming.   When one of us catches a good fish you will hear us squeal with delight.   What do you see at the lake?  While at the camp ground, you will see people sitting around a camp fire at night or playing horseshoes during the day.   Often, people are just relaxing and sitting in lawn chairs.  When we go out on the lake, you can see water, water, water.  You might see a fish jump up out of the water.  At certain times, there are so many white bass busting up out of the water that it looks like the water is boiling.  That is a sight to see and the look on the kids’ face when they see it is a joy to watch!  You see people fishing and riding on water toys.   What do you feel at the lake?  A lot of the time you feel wet.  This can happen in several different ways.  The most obvious is by swimming.  You can also get wet by the water whooshing up over the boat as you are driving down the lake, by someone splashing you or by getting caught in the rain.  One of the best ways to get wet is in the shower because after a day at the lake, you will probably be one of the things that smell.