We will be heading up to the lake on Friday, July 11th to open up the house and get the boats and beds ready. Feel free to join us anytime after 3PM. Dinner Friday night will be served between 7 and 8PM, depending on what time everyone is arriving.
The Lake House™ was conceived of by Katherine's father, Rocky English, and built over a period of nearly 20 years. The entire family, plus many of their close pals, chipped in to haul lumber, nail boards, paint walls and put in floors. It is Rocky and Judy's dream house, and one that they built not just to enjoy themselves, but to share with their family and friends.
The house itself is a Lincoln Log A-frame, with wrap around decking and (new this summer!) a separate garage/storage building. There are three floors -- main level, upstairs, and the basement.
Bedrooms will be doled out on the basis of arrival and need. See rsvp for info about sleeping arrangements.
The house has a DVD/VCR, stereo, and sattellite cable. There is not, however, DSL/cable modem or long distance service, so bring laptops, phone cards, or cel phones if you must have connectivity.
The phone number at the house is: 123-456-7890.
Bascha will be bringing her cat (who loves the lake and is the official House Mouser, endorsed by Rocky himself). Other pets are welcome as long as they are well-behaved and can be kept under control.
As always, the standard rules apply. Obviously, the hosts also reserve the right to send ANY ONE home at ANY TIME.
We will be leaving the lake Sunday, July 13th, probably sometime around 5PM. If desired, we can arrange to have dinner together in town at the (yes, the as in only) local seafood restaurant. (This is a Lake House tradition. Great food.)
RSVP to bascha@ibiblio.org and katann23@earthlink.net.
Because we'll need to make some preparations, we'd like to know pretty definately whether or not you'll be there. Let us know by July 1st if you can make it, and if you cancel on us after the 4th, there better be a dead body involved.
The sooner you can RSVP, the better -- for you, we mean. Space in the house is limited, and the earlier you let us know, the more likely it is you'll sleep in a real bed. Last one in snoozes on the air mattress with the "extra lovin' nubbin".
No, seriously.
The sleeping quarters fall out like so:
* there will be three air mattresses in the house, all queens. The nubbin is on one of them. You're welcome to request the nubbin, but we might look at you stangely. (Josh excluded.)
If you mail us to say you're coming, you might want to call your sleeping quarters. Feel free to band together and use a group vote to ensure your placement -- any conflict will be resolved by some sort of democratic accounting. Or we'll roll dice, whatever. We'll post room assignments to these pages as they go out.
Same deal goes for mealtimes. Let us know when and what you would want to make, and who you want to cook with. We'll list those on the menu page.
We're really looking forward to this -- hope you can all make it!