Remembering Pinecrest

As a child I spent every summer at a cabin on Pinecrest Lake in the Sierra Mountains of California. In 1983 I wrote out some of my memories of these idyllic summer vacations. This was my first attempt at narrative writing that was longer than a few paragraphs. Here is an excerpt from the prologue and first chapter. I didn't really try to upgrade the writing a whole lot from the original, and just present you with an unvarnished reflection of my best childhood memories.