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>After spending several summers in bungalow colonies in >the Catskills, my parents bought a small home in >Community Park, Mountaindale in 1963. We were there >all summer,and on any long weekends or school >vacations. (My dad was a NY City school teacher!) My >brother Jonathan and I enjoyed our summers in >Mountaindale, walking the abandoned train tracks into >town, going to the movies in Woodridge, and spending >time with our grandparents who stayed at the Avon >Lodge every summer. (My sister,Meryl,was a baby, so >she probably has minimal recollections of that time.) >In the winter, I learned to skate on a pond across >from our house. We tobogganed down the big hill in >the development. For a couple of summers, my dad was >in the house band at the Plaza Hotel in South >Fallsburg, so we used to go to events at the hotel. >It's a shame that life has gotten so complicated that >the small joys of summer in Mountaindale are difficult >to find. My kids,and I venture to say, all kids, would >benefit from the lack of complexity and the need to >create fun in simple ways.

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