Name:   alatraveler50 - Subject:   Comment on "Lake Martin 1960..Peter Strozier Land… Date:   8/5/2016 11:19:20 AM

I know how you feel about the '60s.  My family got our property in '65.  There were 2 other men from B'ham who worked with my dad.  Here we lived within 4 doors of each other.  All 3 families worked together building piers, cabins, boat launches, etc.  Mid '70s our next door neighbor in B'ham built 2 doors away.  Within 5 lots, 4 of us were like one big family.  Then the 80's happened and one by one, the guys were getting older, the kids getting married / moving away, etc. and the original owners couldn't take care of the cabins so they started selling them to other families.  My wife and I were the lucky ones.  Didn't have a lot of money but scrapped enough to buy the place and add on years later.  Now we live here.  We are truly blessed.

We all know the sixties were a simplier time.  You could go to Chimney Rock and not see but maybe another dozen boats.  You could water ski on glass-like water.  Others on the lake "respected" you and your property.

Start saving your money!  It's nothing like when we bought.  It would cost me 50 times more than what I paid.  I couldn't afford it now.  Here's hoping you can do it.