Sinclair Cottage- The Goodness of All Together
“Because Lake Lanier is getting too crowded”, my paternal grandparents, Beck and Ruby, purchased a lake property on Lake Sinclair in 1973. I was 3. There are only a handful of photos of my brother and me as “littles” at the lake. Mostly, we have ones of our parents slalom skiing {with only a ski belt} and lounging on and around the dock and the photos begin again sometime in middle school. But as far back as I remember, “going to the lake” was the highlight of our summer and we went often for days on end and never wanted to leave. There were 2 structures on the property at 110 Mosley Ave—a little 800 square foot cabin {and that’s debatable} and a boathouse -- meaning there was an efficiency apartment and large screen porch over the dock. Oh, and a VERY IMPORTANT DETAIL, the cabin had an outhouse with a functioning toilet. For bathing, the lake worked for us just fine and Ivory served as soap AND shampoo. Yes, we did—in our swimsuits. Every...
