Not Everything Changes

This short story, written by E. B. White, takes place around the 1940s. The time period of "Once More to the Lake" is curtail because the story itself revolves around the the idea of time changing. The main character appears to be obsessed with time and how he and his surroundings age. The two particular time periods that haut his mind are the past before technology and present where technology is a major influence.
In the story he is a father with a son going to an old camping spot where his father used to take him. He describes how the lake is primal and has not aged while he has. In the story whenever his son does something he has a sense of deja-vu and remembers doing or saying that as a child. These flashes of memories remind White of his youth and how he is still in a sense young. As a child White went to the camp when cars were not invented and the horse drawn carriages created three lanes. During his stay with his son he walks along the same road and describes how the it used to have three lanes and not two.  Now with the advancement of technology cars exist and make two grooves in the dirt road, not three. Once again technology troubles White. The advancement in technology has lead to outboard engines which cause a of noise. The old two or three-cylinder engines on the boats were quite and only made a soft humming sound. This new sound ruins White's view of the quiet lake and the lake becomes less wild. Every where White looks he sees some type of technology or something that reminds him that he is old and that time continues to age him. Towards the end of the essay White makes a reference to his impending death when he describe a deathly chill in his groin. White does not mean he is dying; instead he means that his power to create life is dying and soon it will be his son's turn to have a child.