There’s an added amount of work when it comes to heating
One of the things about having a lake house in the woods is the added amount of work it takes to heat it.
Alicia and Dwayne only used the lake house during Summer and over the Winter time holidays.
Their family enjoyed going there for Christmas, and they would take a long weekend to get the lake house ready. Alicia and Dwayne would scrub the lake house, get the fireplace and the chimney cleaned, as well as decorate. This year, there had been lots of storms that had knocked trees down. Alicia and Dwayne wanted to scrub up some of the mess, but they knew the downed trees would be perfect for the fireplace. The two cut up the downed wood, chopped some of it, and piled it on the back porch so they had it for heat. Before Alicia and Dwayne left, they had enough wood to keep them going through the entire holiday season, and then some. After cutting wood and piling it up on the porch, they had to take some in to get warm, but it had been snowing the entire time Alicia and Dwayne were in the woods. They were cold and starting to get angry. Dwanye got the fire started in the fireplace while Alicia got the generator going to get some hot water. It wasn’t long before they were getting hot baths and after that they snuggled in front of the fireplace. Alicia had to confess that this long weekend was the highlight of their holiday season. The couple got to lay in front of the fireplace and have some alone time. Once the holidays started, there would be no more alone time for them.