Squam Lake is New Hampshire's second biggest lake, after Winnipesaukee, its big sister to the south. It is where the classic movie On Golden Pond was filmed. Unlike Winnipesaukee, there is very little development. Most of the shoreline is protected with environmental covenants.
I am here for a week with my family, staying in this rustic cabin. See the green ice chest? No refrigerators.
A young man comes every morning with ice blocks that were harvested from the lake in the winter. Another young man fills the fireplace with logs and kindling.
Many families are fanatical about their summers on Squam Lake.
I am a newcomer. We first came here around 1990.
