Our kids wait all year for summer to arrive on Loon Lake to make new memories for their kids. It is not an easy flight with two daughters and their families living in California. The drive is long for two sons residing in Florida, but flights are plentiful. This airline industry, staff shortages, gas prices, […]
Kathy Baker
Summer at Maqua!
I have plans to make an “Opening Up” bible for this lodge. As minimal as I think I have kept this summer home, there is so much to do! (Will my kids know what to do if we are gone?) Not only the cleaning but un-storing all the summer stuff. Cushions and porch furniture washed, […]
Merry Variant Christmas 2021!
I am sure we all thought the Covid virus would be in the rearview mirror by the time we headed into 2022, but it is beginning to look a lot like a Merry Variant Christmas. Like an atom that keeps on splitting, the world is cautiously on watch once more for the mutations that threaten […]
Archival Albums
How many of us have dusty old albums from our family tucked away with photos undated, faces not named and places not revealed? I can remember the first time I had access to the Camp Maqua archives in 2011. I was so excited to see the oldest ones from the early twenties, with dates and […]
End of Summer
The leaves are turning, but we won’t be here to see the brilliant fall foliage as we head to Florida for the winter the long way. (Down the east coast from Maine, hopefully with peak color.) What a wonderful summer with just the right amount of sun and rain, company, and downtime. Our partner in […]
A Piece Of History
For the girls’ who camped at Maqua, the boys’ camp across the lake was a constant lure of excitement. The stories were legend of attempts to meet the boys in the middle of the lake, and to conjure pranks between the two camps was as fun as the socials that were held for the counselors. […]