My childhood home was a 5 minute walk from the lake, so growing up, the lake played a huge part in my day to day activities. Most fondly, we would take my dog down to the dog off-leash area on weekends to play around.

I don't think I swam in the lake too often. But I definitely spent a lot of time around it. Whenever I am out of the country, it's the lake that I think of when I think of home!