I'm in the process of filling in back entries from my old journal. This is a long and tedious process, and I'm not doing it entirely in order, as I'm leaving some of the more complicated entries (mostly those with photos) for last. So if you read back and wonder at large gaps and apparently out-of-order entries, that's what's going on.
The old Dickson camp on Sylvia Lake in upstate New York. Built by Harry C. Van Allen in 1919, won by my great-grandfather Raymond Seaker in a poker game in 1941. My grandparents, Norinne Seaker Dickson and Andrew C. Dickson, bought it for $1800 in 1944. In 2003, my aunt Lea and her partner Shari are building their retirement home on the site.