Since I was about a year old I have been going to Bucks Lake, in Plumas County. My dad took us kids up there a couple times a year and then retired up in Meadow Valley about 25 yrs ago.
Fishing, skiing, swimming and just having fun in the high sierras was a great way to spend summer days, Bucks Lake Lodge would be hopping every Friday and Saturday nights with bands and the kids running around while the parents tossed back a couple of drinks and told fishing stories.
Ken and Dixie owned and operated Bucks Lake Lodge and it was the place to be! with their daughters Debbie and Kim they built a tradition that will never be matched. Well time goes by and everything changes, Ken and Dixie sold the lodge, Debbie runs Haskins Resort which is right down the road and Kim married Dewitt and had two great kids and they own the Bucks Lake Marina. Two years ago this month we lost pop, he passed surrounded by loved ones in the cabin he loved so dearly.
I am going up to pops house in a couple of weeks with some friends to go fishing, we will cook great food, sit around the fire and no doubt go up to Lakeshore Lodge and toss back some beers with Dewitt, Kim and the locals.
Bucks Lake Lodge was sold a couple of years ago, it was never the same after Ken and Dixie left, it burned down last winter, business was slow, hard to figure out how it caught fire but----ya know we all have our theories! Dewitt and Kim bought the Lakeshore Lodge and really fixed it up nice, the pics are from the bar and deck just awesome huh! They serve a nice simple menu and added Pizza to the mix. I am not going to review the food, its not bad, nothing to write home about and that is not a bad thing either, but I am sure it will get better with time, my point is this, no matter how much things change they stay the same, my kids will grow up enjoying papa skis house, Dewitt and Kim are carrying on a family tradition started decades ago and making it their own and that is special for many reasons, and the memories that have been forged for over 40 plus years will continue, and that is really the best part of this story.
What ever place you call special, whatever the peoples names are that live their and make sure it is the same year after year, take a minute to tell them- tell them how much it means to you and your family because these are the things that you will look back on and reminisce about, tell story's the good ones and bad, sharing the laughs and tears about, so thanks Dewitt and Kim it means a lot to me, and I know pops is watching, smiling and probably complaining a little too!
See you soon,
Chef Glenn
Go to http://www.buckslakeshoreresort.com/ and when you are there sitting on the deck or in the bar, enjoying a meal with your friends, raise your glass and make toast to "ski " because he is still there, no doubt smiling, no doubt at all!
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