Every summer I spend a lot of time up north in a small community called Bay View. We have a cottage on the water front. This girl, who has been my friend since I was a toddler, owns the cottage next door. This is her and her dog Lucky after we had gone for a polar bear swim. This is a swim down at our dock in the morning that tends to be very chilly. We are sitting on her porch drinking coffee waiting for the world to wake.

Every summer I spend a lot of time up north in a small community called Bay View. We have a cottage on the water front. This girl, who has been my friend since I was a toddler, owns the cottage next door. This is her and her dog Lucky after we had gone for a polar bear swim. This is a swim down at our dock in the morning that tends to be very chilly. We are sitting on her porch drinking coffee waiting for the world to wake.