16 Salmon Road - Lakewood, ME

This was our home-base for a week. We were only two doors down from my cousins camp, where we all enjoyed the bliss of air-conditioning and the variety of activities for the little cousins. Both homes were less than a 3 minute walk from the lake (which we visited at least twice a day).

Our favorite room, was the glassed-in sunroom at the front of the house. We ate at the little table, played with Mr. Potatohead, assembled legos, rocked on the porch swing and read books. This was the first place Slater and Jade went each morning (in search of each other).

The house was built in the 1920's and had a lot of little quirks that we loved. One of the entries came into the bathroom, which we assumed was a mudroom / entry before indoor plumbing came to the lake. There was no air conditioning and the temperatures on the first day were in the 90's, but thanks to some fans, Alaskan ingenuity and cooler temps the rest of the week we were extremely comfortable in our home-away-from-home.

This was our view! Lake Wesserunsett was home to lots of loons which we heard calling at all hours of the day and night. In Maine vacation homes have two names, if you have one on a lake it is called a camp, where one on the ocean is called a cottage.