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Linesville, Pennsylvania (June 24, 2018) As a kid, I went on many family vacations to Conneaut Lake Park in western Pennsylvania, where we stayed at Hotel Conneaut. We played on the beach, swam in the lake, and rode the Blue Streak, bumper cars, miniature train, Ferris wheel, and more. I have great memories of fun times!
On our way to the park, we stopped at the Spillway for Pymatuning Reservoir in Linesville, Pennsylvania, where “the fish were so thick that ducks walked on them.” Huh? The Spillway, you see, was home to thousands of carp, many two- to three-feet long. We hurled stale white bread into the water and watched the feeding frenzy, the water thick with fish fighting for a piece of manna. We giggled with delight! My mom, sister and I reprised this portion of our family holidays with a Sunday afternoon drive to the Spillway. We were once again young (at heart, that is!) as we tossed bread at the carp and pointed and laughed at their antics – more fun, it seemed, than 50+ years ago! Oh…and the ducks? There were plenty of them, but none that walked on the carp. ? |
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