Nostalgia

A short bus ride from Buenos Aires is the town of Tigre, which is the gateway to a vacation site called the Parana Delta. Marilyn and I visited it the afternoon of February 25 (Day 42). It is many rivers that feel like canals as they go around and between many low-lying islands. This place made a big impact. Lots of people from all walks of life flocking to the place to enjoy a summer weekend.

Some of the articles about this place describe it as having a Victorian feel. Marilyn and I quickly identified it with the way Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey might have been during the early years of the 1900s. During that time, our great grandfather W. A. Robbins and his wife Lillian travelled by boat to build a family camp on Lake Hopatcong. Stories of the early days at Lake Hopatcong include access by train and boat, summer hotels, an amusement park. A very active place.

When we visited the Parana Delta in Argentina, a boat took us to a restaurant during our tour from Tigre.

There were several wooden boats that reminded us of the Chris Craft wooden boats that can still be seen at Lake Hopatcong.

Although we arrived by bus, many locals took the train to arrive at Tigre, then boarded the “bus” boat or took a taxi boat to their destination. There was an old fashioned amusement park that some enjoyed. And, mostly it looked like people were having fun. Marilyn and I felt like we had gotten just a glimpse of the way our ancestors might have felt during the early days of their time at Lake Hopatcong.