Guest Blogger: Josh Hilgenberg
Coming to Lakeside for the first time begins one of two ways:
- The Lakesider from Birth: Some of us have been coming to Lakeside since Moby Dick was a minnow, so the first time is always with parents or siblings who know their way around. There’s someone to look to for advice and inside pointers. There’s a sense of comfort in having a sort of Lakeside mentor who will be there even before arriving at Lakeside.
- The Fish out of Water: Others are complete aliens to Lakeside. It’s been stumbled upon like a hidden treasure, and the feeling is, speaking from experience, comparable to discovering the new world. Newcomers are Marco Polo and Lake Erie is like the ocean blue in 1492. Questions bounce around like mayflies, uncertainties are abundant as the 900 cottages on the grounds, and cars are stocked with more stuff than Marilyn’s and Marilyn 2’s combined (for those that haven’t been, that’s a lot).