Went on a Day Trip
And became inspired! The fam and I drove about forty minutes north and hung out at Bass Lake. It’s amazing what forty minutes and about three thousand feet will do for you.
Beautiful trees and that wonderful pine smell…
Cool blue water the kids swam and fished in.
A house Mama wanted to move into.
A boat we will wanted to jump onto.
I’d already planned to base the new book I’ve just started on Bass Lake. Now that I hung out there all day I knew I had to base the fictional town I’d created in my head on Bass Lake. Why don’t we come here more often? Next time I swear I’m bringing my laptop and writing.
Anywhere you can go and escape the heat that’s not too far? Share.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:30 am
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July 2nd, 2008 at 1:43 am
Oooh maaaahhh gaaahhhd I cannot make this thing edit properly and I hate that typo up there! Haaaate iiiiit…..
Sorry had to vent. With long, drawn out words.
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 am
You know you could buy the house and run a writers retreat there. The kind that go for a week or two.
I’m soooo there when you get it!
I’m glad your day out inspired you.
RC
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:22 am
I can head any direction and find a lake in 15 minutes.
Mostly, I love Northern Ontario, or the coast of Lake Huron just about an hour North of where I live. Lined with Sun flowers and blue water. *sigh*
I hate the city.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I don’t venture out in the heat if it’s too intense. Ask Shell, I am such a big baby when I get too hot. But little escapes I like our the beach and the Getty. I take my laptop and just relax. :D
I wanna go to Bass Lake now. :D
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I go to Whidbey Island and my family’s cabin. You get the breeze off Puget Sound. That lake looks fabulous!
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I wish I could run a writers retreat at Bass Lake. Wouldn’t that be fabulous?
And I read somewhere there actually IS a writers retreat on Whidbey Island Shell. So very cool.