I Love Lake Wedowee
by; Chris Bridges
With only one thing left on my ‘To Do List’, I'm getting
sidetracked by daydreaming about winding down those late summer nights then
turning down the A/C to -12. I've spent
nights in some nice hotels and resorts.
While they have been the pinnacle of luxury, there is still something
special about the smell of blankets that sit on the lake house closet's top
shelf waiting for my arrival. I have
also been dreaming about day trips and cold air but life calls and both dreams
get interrupted.
Days click by faster and faster, Christmas slips up like
someone stole eight months out of the year and birthdays come so quick that
from time to time I honestly forget how old I am. Life goes buy at an alarming
pace.
For me there are a couple of places that stop time; the flat
where a forestry road fords Mill Creek in the North Georgia Mountains and Lake
Wedowee. This time of year the weather
is a gamble and daylight is still short. Drive time makes the difference. Lately I have been taking every opportunity
and driving to see the lake. On an off
day from work last week, I spent 4 hours next to a fire, watching it rain on
the water. I felt like survivor man all
tucked up under a tarp telling myself stories and laughing at my own
jokes. I had just enough fire wood to
keep it rolling and stay warm while the rain came pouring down, and fires make
me hungry. No one brought me lunch… then
again no one knew I was there, so a can of chili left in the lake house over
the winter eased the pain.
I love the outdoors. I love to put my Boy Scout skills to
good use, and if I am going to split, load and haul wood down here for a fire
on a cold winter day...I love Lake Wedowee.
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