
My first visit to Smith Mountain Lake was in 1984. My wife Sharon and our two children came to visit an old friend and colleague Ron Curtis and his wife. At the time we were looking for a camper for family vacations. After several trips to the lake the property next door to our friends came up for sale and we ended up with a 14X64 house trailer instead of a camper in 1986. For the next ten years we were frequent visitors to the lake for fishing, hunting and general family fun on the water.
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