Sentimental Journey...continued

While we were at Creek Cottage in Newaygo, Quebec, we had a lot of fun remembering the things we did there when we spent our summers in the Laurentians at our grandparent's cottage.  There was a favourite rock in the back that we used to challenge ourselves to run up and jump off.  We are bigger now, and were able to climb up on it for a picture.  The lake was as beautiful as ever, and the dock has been replaced with a more modern one, where we enjoyed the fresh breeze and sunshine.  We remembered learning to swim in the cold spring water lake. Marilyn used to crawl through the culvert where the creek empties into the lake (our grandmother didn't know about this, or she would have taken a "fit").  What a wonderful time we had visiting this enchanting place.  Since the cottage is rented out to guests, we may indeed return again.

The next day we carried on to Two Mountains, now known as Deux Montagnes, the town where we lived for about ten years when we were growing up.  We went to our house, which had been built by our parents in 1955, when it was the last house on the street with fields and woods beyond.  It still looks good.  The young couple who had recently bought it welcomed us in and they were delighted to know more about the first family and how the house was back then.  It is basically the same, with an updated bathroom and very different landscaping.  The little trees we planted grew so big; they had to be cut down!  Our mother's "dream home" still holds a warm feeling.
We really enjoyed being able to go through our childhood home, and thank the current occupants very much.