Monday, December 3, 2018

December 3: Happy Things

I'm a national park junkie. There's nothing better than getting out at the entrance to a national park and making kids stand in front of it and take their picture. Or checking in with the little stamp that shows the date and location, like a cancellation postal stamp, but of places like Apgar Village or Cades Cove. Getting a patch for my jacket.


I love that we had the notion to keep these places as wild as possible for as long as possible.

And build campgrounds with very very clean bathrooms.

6 comments:

  1. Oh I love this! I can smell the pine needles in this post. I remember having a little jacket years ago with those patches on them. I wonder what happened to it.

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  2. Fabulous opening line. It deserves to be on a t-shirt.

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  3. Agreeing with all the comments above, but personally SO glad about your last line!

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  4. Love it. I adore our national parks, though the hiking/tramping through them too often involves heights or swing bridges, which mean I only dabble in them.

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  5. I love national parks too. We plan on visiting as many as we can after retirement. (some before, too, of course).

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