The 2024 season brought the PFLA community together, as always, for a wide range of social events and spiritual communion, while also affording members and their guests ample opportunity to enjoy peaceful solitude and natural beauty.

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In the pre-season, our focus was on cleaning up and preparing the grounds, including the annual Garlic Mustard Pull, to rid our property of this and other invasive plant species.

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Memorial Day Weekend brought our “soft opening,” complete with the first servings of ice cream in the Tea Room and a guided stream walk in Paradise Stream with Trout Unlimited.

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Opening Weekend featured the opening picnic and the launch of the raft in Lake Crawford.

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The annual PFLA Olympics were held on July 4th weekend, with games including the traditional tug-of-war and Lake Crawford rubber duck race. And what better way to cap off the weekend than with a lobster boil on the beach?

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We didn’t just lounge and sunbathe on the shores of Lake Crawford (although we did plenty of that), we practiced yoga on Saturdays and worshipped outdoors on Sunday mornings. We hosted a pig roast. We sang and danced along with a band on the Beach, and savored the tasty morsels from the food truck. We marveled at the wildlife, including bald eagles, blue herons, and snapping turtles.

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As the summer began to wind down, PFLA members came out for the annual yard sale, where one family’s cast-offs became another family’s treasured new finds.

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Closing Weekend brought our traditional candles-on-the-lake ceremony. Another beautiful summer in Paradise!

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​Luckily, the fun continued post-season with PFLA Oktoberfest and the first-ever (sure to be repeated) Fall Festivus.

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