You get off the highway, enter the lake, and you feel as if you're in another country. You can't beat it. To me, it's the only place to live and my wife, Gertrude, feels the same way. The clubhouse is what cements us together. Located on the west side of the lake, the clubhouse's back porch stretches out onto the water where sailboat and swimming races are held.
Lifeguards keep an eye on swimmers on beaches on each side of the lake.
But fisherman get to enjoy the lake stocked with pike and channel catfish almost all year. The clubhouse is the gathering place where families can enjoy a mind-boggling array of activities all year if they join the Packanack Lake Community Association. The fee seems a pittance, considering the upkeep of the man-made lake, its beaches, and the association's many offerings. Members hold birthday and anniversary parties under the clubhouse roof. My daughter, Susan, held her wedding reception in this hall.