Once More to the Lake by E.B. White

           I personally made a connection to the story Once More to the Lake by E.B. White because my father used to take my brother and me every summer on a fishing trip to a lake that sounds very similar to the one E.B. White describes. We would camp and fish for a whole week and do everything E.B. White wrote about in the story. This gave me the ultimate feeling of summer just as it did for E.B. White. Those were some of the best memories with my father and brother, and I will cherish them forever.

           I really liked how the author conveys the connection of the lake to his childhood and now to his adulthood. Going back to the lake, the author can revisit his childhood, the only reminder that he is an adult being the sound of the outboard motors. E.B. White feels awkward because he sees the lake and the surrounding areas through his boyhood eyes even though he is now a man. It's true that we can go back to places we've been to as children and somehow return to that childish state and view the area the way we did when we were young. That's the way I feel whenever I walk into a place like Chuck E. Cheese's.