Camp Windy Point Pictures

Since we may be going to Saranac this summer, I thought I would post some pictures of the camp there where I spent my childhood summers.  These photos were prepared for the sale of the camp, so there are few people in them.

The camp is located on Upper Saranac Lake, in Franklin County, NY.  The camp is the tip of Markham Point, which, if you look at Google Earth or a mapping program, is the obvious peninsula on the NE part of the lake.

Here is the main house, which included 2 bedrooms and a large living room.

One quadrant of the large living room.  See part of the original (pre-cut-up) Saranac rug.

Another angle.

One upstairs bedroom in the main house.  This is where Mother and I usually stayed.

The double-insulated (thus useable year round) owners cottage has a living room (shown here) bathroom, and bedroom.  When Catherine and Earl would come here in winter, they would fly their small plane in and land on the lake.  In fact, in winters, cars drive across the lake.

The kitchen, with 2 of everything.  big enough to serve up to about 17 people.  The adult and children's dining rooms are separate.  A cook did all the cooking; we cleaned up.

Donald's (one bedroom) cabin.  He was an early live-in maintenance man.  Even when he was no longer there, it retained the name.

Living room in Donald's cabin.

The tower house.  Two bedrooms. Nice porch.

Tower house living room.  The May's usually stayed here.

The duplex.  Two bedrooms sharing a bath.

The sandbox lean-to.  We built a lot of castles here.  A sand beach was nearby.  Also a large BBQ pit.

Boat houses.  Several motor boats (including a very nice Chris Craft) and canoes.

The main dock (now gone). This is where we spent most of our time sunning and swimming.

There was also a shop building, a woodshed (now gone), a 2-car garage (now gone), and a generator house, where we generated our electricity.  We did have a phone on a party line.  Our ring was two longs and a short.

Christmas in Savannah

In preparation for Christmas, the girls had a project to teach them that Christmas was not just receiving, but also giving.  The girls covered cans with colored strips of paper, so that they could give family members these nice pencil holders.

On Dec 21, we arrived at Miran and Emily's.  Here is their gold and white tree.

On Dec 23, we arrived at Lindsay and Matthew's.  Here is their tree, with the presents.  The girls were very good and did not try to open any presents (although they wanted to).

While in Savannah, we visited Bonaventure cemetery - one of the prettiest in the country.

Christmas dinner.

On Christmas morning, we found that Santa had left presents for the girls, including slippers, watches, and Mr Potato head.

We had quite a mess of wrappings.

Christmas Decorations, part 4

The Christmas cards from Anthony and Michael have become ornaments on our tree.

Christmas Decorations, part 3

Here are some small decorations that have been put up.

Christmas music boxes.

The winter village on the mantle.

Christmas Decorations, part 2

Today, the girls helped us put the ornaments on the tree.  Maggie did not want to be in the picture.

The front door has a wreath:

A few days ago, Harald decorated some trees out front:

Terrarium

When we were down visiting Margaret, Jane bought this terrarium bowl at Goodwill.  Today, she finished getting all the ingredients, and here is the finished product.  She is proud that the whole thing came to less than $25.

Christmas Decorations, part 1

With the girls gone this weekend, we started decorating the Christmas tree.  Here, the furniture was rearranged:

Here, the branches have been attached to the top of our fake tree:

Now lights:

TaDa:

The mice which we had noticed at Halloween on the stairs, have reappeared.  If you look closely, you will see that they have googly eyes, some have Santa caps, and their mouse holes have trees and presents or holly.

When the girls get home, they can help with ornaments on the tree.