Amelia's First Trip to Squam

19 April 2008

Today I was going to work on building a small deck at the front of the house. But it was so sunny and so warm that we decided that we just had to do something outside. I knew that Squam was still frozen over but I wanted to go up and see it. This time of year, when the temperature is in the 70s but the lake is still frozen has always been one of my favorite times to live in NH. There is something about the fact that spring is so appreciated here. Other places this would be just a normal day but we haven't worn t-shirts outside since September so it is really a treat when all of a sudden the weather finally snaps and spring truly arrives.

We enjoyed a great drive up to Squam, we bought sandwiches at the Holderness General Store, and then we took a walk down to see the lake. Allow me to set the scene for this first clip. The temperature is around 75 F and the water temperature is...cool. This video also does a great job of showing all the baby weight that I gained in sympathy for Heidi. Very embarassing. Luckily I recently found an issue of Self that has, "4 weeks to your best bikini body," on the front cover so I will be using that to get ready for summer. I also am happy to include this clip as a favor for my friend Dan who is getting married this summer and thinks that he is fat. Dan--this should make you feel better.

I don't really need to defend anything there. The water was truly brisk and refreshing. But I will give a little more context to the day. While driving home today we saw girls in bikinis riding a paddle boat through the ice. So I'm certainly not the only one who is ready for summer. Here though is one more clip--at the end Heidi gets to editorialize a little about what she thinks of my swimming.

So that was Amelia's first trip to Squam. I would show you video of here there but she mainly just rode around. Even after the white whale body that you have just seen I assure you that it was a very beautiful day up there. If you every wonder why we live where we do--it is for days like today.

Tom