As a child I spent many summers at my cousins lakeside cabin. It was a place for family and friends to spend time together and have loads of fun. There were always things to do - swimming, boating, water skiing, fishing and plenty of board and card games. After returning from India where I lived for 3 years, I was motivated to reconnect with my family and create a place like I remembered from my childhood. I live in Boston and decided to buy a second home on a lake. Webster lake is only 60 minutes from Boston and from where most of my family lives in central Connecticut. This house is perfect! It's on a point on a dead-end street located at the widest part of central pond (the lake has 3 sections, north pond, middle pond and south pond). It faces east where the sun rises up over the hills and reflects on the lake. Many mornings I wake up early just to see the sunrise and then go back to bed. We have a 30' dock which is great for doing cannonballs off of. You can also access the lake via 3 cement steps. The lake is amazingly clear - you can see the bottom even from the end of the dock. The lake bed is rock but not muddy. The water is about 5' deep at the end of the dock and then drops off a few feet out. Because the water is shallow at the house it warms to 65-70 degrees in the summer. We spend lots of time on the lower patio lounging in the sun, playing games and swimming in the lake. The patio sits below the main floor deck, which is rubberized, allowing use of the patio even on rainy days. The main floor deck gets sun in one spot or another all day. Along the side of the house is a sitting area with a deck swing, table and chairs. I love all the variety of spaces at the house. If you want sun you got it, if you want shade you got it, if you want privacy you got it.
I'm happy to say I accomplished my goal of creating a place for family and friends to have fun and spend quality time together.