A Second nome

CounLlng down Lhe days unLll Lhe cool waLer would flnally Louch my Loes and Lhe warm sun
would hlL my face was always someLhlng l loved dolng when l was younger PonesLly l sLlll do LhaL now
lL's Lhe one Llme of Lhe year where noLhlng else maLLers 1he only lmporLanL Lhlng Lo me durlng my
week of serenlLy ls belng able Lo lle ouL aL Lhe pool all day or maybe even Lake a boaL onLo a lake Maybe
l'll play some games wlLh my frlends or [usL hang around all day and do noLhlng lL doesn'L maLLer whaL l
do because l'm ln Lhe one place where lL doesn'L maLLer
1hls vacaLlon may sound amazlng all you have Lo do all day ls lle ouL aL Lhe pool buL lL's really
noL as grand as lL seems l go wlLh my famlly every year and we go wlLh Lhe same group of famllles so
each year ls preLLy much exacLly Lhe same as Lhe lasL We don'L sLay ln a nlce hoLel or aL a lavlsh resorL
we sLay ln cablns noL cool log cablns ln Lhe mounLalns or blg cablns wlLh a gorgeous lake slde vlew We
sLay ln Lhe smallesL cablns you could posslbly lmaglne 1here are only Lwo rooms and a baLhroom Cne
room ls Lhe klLchen whlch conLalns a really old sLove and oven a refrlgeraLor LhaL always breaks a
klLchen Lable oh and a bed ?es LhaL's rlghL a bed A klng slzed bed ls ln Lhe klLchen wlLh an old beaLen
down dresser 1he oLher room has Lwo very small very used Lwln slzed beds and a dresser LhaL can
barely hold Lwo people's cloLhes for a week 1he llsL can go on abouL all Lhlngs l don'L look forward Lo
llke how awful Lhe anclenL maLLresses are how Lhe refrlgeraLor barely works and how Lhe wlndow
screens have glanL holes LhaL leL Lhe mosqulLoes ln 8uL somehow all Lhe horrlble Lhlngs seem Lo
dlsappear when l geL Lo my Llny llLLle cabln every summer aL uellwood Acres Maybe LhaL's [usL lL lL's my
Llny llLLle cabln
Slnce l was born l've known my frlends from my summer vacaLlon Alanna ls noL only one of my
besL frlends buL she's llke my slsLer when we are aL uellwood We only see each oLher for LhaL one week
ln AugusL when we are ln ennsylvanla aL our favorlLe place ln Lhe world buL as soon as we geL Lhere we
lnsLanLly become slsLers We are wlLh each oLher all day every day for a week and you would Lhlnk we
would geL slck of each oLher buL we don'L noL only are we besL frlends whlle we are Lhere buL so are
our famllles Alanna's dad and my mom grew up LogeLher and Lhey used Lo go Lo uellwood wlLh Lhelr
famlly [usL llke we do now now you can lmaglne LhaL uellwood looks noLhlng llke a modern resorL
because my mom has been golng Lhere slnce she was a Leenager and Lhe place hasn'L changed a blL
8ecause our parenLs came as klds Alanna and l have always had a connecLlon Lo uellwood from Lhe
sLarL lL's crazy Lo Lhlnk abouL how much Lhls place meanL Lo my mom and how much LhaL same place
means Lo me 1wo compleLely dlfferenL Llmes and people buL Lhe same love for LhaL one speclal place
Whlle we are aL uellwood our Lwo famllles come LogeLher and are lnseparable When we're here we
have a bond LhaL can'L be broken
l love Lhe feellng of Lhe cold waLer on my Loes and Lhe warm sun on my face buL l can do LhaL
anywhere 1he smell of charcoal grllls and roasLlng marshmallows ls deflnlLely one of Lhe besL parLs of
my vacaLlon 1he rlch smell of Lhe charcoal ls so allurlng and Lhen comblned wlLh Lhe smell of roasLlng
marshmallows ls [usL lrreslsLlble 1aklng Lhe roasLed marshmallow and puLLlng lL beLween Lwo graham
crackers and Lhen addlng chocolaLe as lL slowly melLs agalnsL Lhe warm marshmallow WaLchlng Lhe
beauLlful colors break Lhrough Lhe clouds ln Lhe brlghL blue sky ShoLs of plnk orange and yellow bursL
Lhrough Lhe fluffy clouds and look llke Lhey were [usL palnLed Lhere As Lhe sunseL fades and lL Lurns Lo
nlghL all Lhe sLars come ouL and shlne brlghLly for all Lo see l lle on Lhe ground and look up aL Lhe sky
and waLch for shooLlng sLars l have only seen shooLlng sLars aL uellwood durlng Lhe darkesL hours of Lhe
nlghL 1haL's how l would spend my nlghLs sLarlng up aL Lhe beauLlful nlghL sky ln awe of Lhe sparkllng
sLars above me
1here are [usL so many Lhlngs abouL uellwood LhaL make me wanL Lo never leave buL aL Lhe end
of Lhe week lL's Llme Lo pack up our Lhlngs and leave l know l wlll be back Lhe nexL summer and do
everyLhlng once agaln buL lL's [usL so hard Lo say goodbye Lo Lhe place you call your own uellwood ls a
place of relaxaLlon and serenlLy uellwood ls noL only a weeklong vacaLlon buL lL's a week of laughLer
and fun uellwood ls a place where dlfferenL famllles come LogeLher Lo become one famlly uellwood ls
a place l call home