# How many people are spending their holiday at the lake or river this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-spending-their-holiday-at-the-lake-or-river-this-year/587349 "2011-06-30T03:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-spending-their-holiday-at-the-lake-or-river-this-year/587349/21 "2011-07-01T19:28:07Z")
I’ll be [risking death](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/30/BA1I1K4VG6.DTL&tsp=1) by hiking to Wapama Falls at Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-spending-their-holiday-at-the-lake-or-river-this-year/587349/22 "2011-07-01T19:41:19Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Leaving tomorrow for Lake Cumberland in Southwest Kentucky, a manmade lake that my great-grandfather helped create when he worked for the TVA that created Wolf Dam. He and great-grandma built a cinder-block, 2 bdrm, 2 bath cabin that sits on an acre at the end of a road. At times, we squeeze 17 people into about 800 square feet. The living room is wall to wall cousins. Oh man, that reminds me of my grandparents’ old apartment. When they were too old to maintain a house by themselves but too spry for group homes, they moved into a seniors living apartment complex. Tiniest apartment ever, but we’d cram 30+ people into it on holidays. We’d line the wall with sitting stools and people would eat supper on the bed. Miss those days! ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-spending-their-holiday-at-the-lake-or-river-this-year/587349/23 "2011-07-01T19:42:23Z")
Georgetown Lake baby!! ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-spending-their-holiday-at-the-lake-or-river-this-year/587349/24 "2011-07-01T19:45:11Z")
Why on earth would I want to be out on the one weekend a year when the PA state cops are out on the water? Or the one of two weekends a year when all the dangerous, unlicensed idiots who only come _out_ twice a year are on the water? Yeesh. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-spending-their-holiday-at-the-lake-or-river-this-year/587349/25 "2011-07-01T19:51:28Z")
I’m hopin’ to be down near the cee-ment pond. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-spending-their-holiday-at-the-lake-or-river-this-year/587349/26 "2011-07-01T21:56:45Z")
I was supposed to be camping [here,](http://northshorevisitor.com/state-parks/split-rock.html) but the state of MN shut down and closed all the parks. Boo. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-spending-their-holiday-at-the-lake-or-river-this-year/587349/27 "2011-07-03T16:11:41Z")
I’ll be out wakeboarding. I’ll make sure we fill our ballast tanks extra full for **chela**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-spending-their-holiday-at-the-lake-or-river-this-year/587349.md?page=1)