As children, people partake in some of their favorite experiences. Many of those people as adults would love to go back to the places where their experiences happened. With time, their children can have the same experiences as their parents; however, the children’s experiences will differ because of conditions around them. In the short story, “Once More to the Lake”, a father compares his trips to the lake as a child to the trip he took with his own son. The son in “Once More to the Lake” has the same basic experiences as his father but with a twist. When the father was younger, he and his family started their vacation at the lake at the start of August, just like the father and son now. The father also went into a small diner and shop when
