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Cottage Life
Years ago
when someone said they were going to the cottage it conjured
up all sorts of images of what that meant for those times.
Things like a clapboard cabin in need of paint, at the end
of a dirt road with an outhouse behind the cabin, and
usually no electricity or phone service with no one for
miles around. The cabin would be situated on the outskirts
of a village in the country. In the good old days just
getting to the cabin was half the adventure when one
factored in the weather that could make a dirt road
difficult to travel and fallen trees from the wind, snow or
just old age. Once at the cottage, owners often found that
squirrels had moved in over the winter. Cottages were often
difficult to insure. Back then a deluxe cottage may have had
a generator for power.
Today's life at the cottage is very much
easier. Standard features are paved and well maintained
roads, water services, electricity, telephone, flush toilets
and satellite dishes are quite common. There is usually a
grocery store within a short drive. It doesn't matter if it
is 1960 or the new millennium, the emotion and benefit of
going to the cottage is the same … to get away, relax and
enjoy.
Now with all the conveniences offered to
"Cottagers" life is a lot easier. Cottage owners report that
all the services they now enjoy have provided much more
quality family time. No more axes and shovels for the
weekend. Now it's boats, board games and leisurely walks in
the country. Today's life at the cottage is based on leisure
and not toil.
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