A quick housekeeping update: Subsequent to my transition from Feedburner to Follow.It for your email subscriptions, there was a bit of difficulty with several of your email addresses. The folks that staff the Help Desk at Follow.It were extremely courteous, professional and, well, helpful. I believe that the glitch has been corrected, but I’ll be following up with the individuals affected to be sure that new posts are being delivered to their Inboxes. I would ask all of you who subscribe via email to please pass along any feedback you wish and, of course, let me know if you run into any trouble on your end. I believe all is well at this point, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way.
Also, please note that, despite my best efforts to determine the reason, John Hinton’s blog, "On the Road of Retirement," is no longer updating. It stopped updating before I transitioned to Follow.It, so I don’t think I lost him there, and I’ve deleted the blog and added it back but, still, no dice. Be assured that John is actively writing; he and his wife, Sharon, are in New Mexico as I draft this post. Last item . . . Although Bob Lowery is no longer publishing new posts on his "Satisfying Retirement" blog, you can still access a wonderful list of mostly retirement-related blogs from his site. So, even though publication has ceased, I'm leaving "Satisfying Retirement" on my blog roll for your (and my) reading pleasure. Now, on to today’s post . . .
According to HuntingdonCountyHistory.com, “Raystown Lake is a reservoir in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is the largest lake that is entirely within Pennsylvania. The original lake was built by the Simpson family of Huntingdon as a hydroelectric project. The current 8,300-acre Raystown Lake was completed in 1973 by the Army Corps of Engineers. Raystown is around 200 feet deep in the deepest area near the dam. The lake was created primarily to control floods, provide electricity, and support recreational activities.”
Friends told us about Raystown Lake years and years ago. They said it was our kind of place. Unfortunately, it’s just far enough from home that it wasn’t really feasible for a weekend jaunt while we were working. Since Alan and I escaped from the workforce, we’ve had so many other destinations on our travel list, the lake never quite worked its way into priority status. That changed this spring when cabin fever reared its ugly head. I was poking around trying to find the perfect spot for a quick getaway that one of us desperately needed. (Yeah, okay, that would be me.) I thought of Raystown Lake and Seven Points Campground, the Army Corps of Engineers facility located directly on the lake.
