Before the Crush

Taking my son to South School, I saw a directional sign for the Crystal Lake Service League’s House Walk today.

Among the attractions is a tour of the Dole Mansion, a good place to start, if you have not pre-purchased a ticket.

The cost is $25 unless you are a senior citizen. Then, it’s $15.

Driving home I saw the sign was one street from ours on Lake Avenue pointing toward the Crystal Lake Country Club, so I drove south.

It was the Fox home, where one of my son’s classmates live. I once tried to buy some blue jeans at a garage sale there and was informed that my son probably would not like the ones I had picked out. Who would have thought that girls’ jeans for 6-year olds are different from boys’?

I decided to take a picture, which you can see here.

It certainly is a well-designed home and I am sure it is well decorated inside.

As I drove back to Lake Avenue, another sign pointed west.

Why not follow it and get a picture of another house on the tour?

So, toward West Beach I went, missing the sign that pointed straight at the fork.

Taking the long way around the triangle, I headed south on Huntley Road, thinking I was being taken the long way to a home in Wedgewood.

But, no, another sign sent me into Turnberry.

Past the Turnberry Country Club and down into a cul-de-sac, where I learned that there were two homes on the tour.

You can see a volunteer in front of this house getting ready for the crowds.

No sign that the house across the street is on the House Walk except the potted chrysanthemums.

On a day as wonderful as this, why not join the tour?


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