Blogs, random thoughts, travel
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Back to the Ultimate Outsider Challenge
When Jenni and I purchased our state park pass in February 2021, we never imagined we would only be a third of the way through the forty-seven parks after two full years. Of course, in those two years we logged nearly 30,000 miles visiting another forty states. But it was time to get serious about checking off a few more South Carolina state parks.
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Miss B
There was a family reunion at her farm as well as other reunions in other places. I reminded her of the time Jenni and I were watching the Conway Christmas Parade and she drove an antique tractor down Main Street. (That’s the kind of Southern woman she is!) That brought whole new tales of the tractor club she and her husband had enjoyed. With each story she told, she would lovingly say “Thank you for reminding me of this memory.”
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Gut Punch
We just sat there, in the middle of a street hardly anyone would need to travel. We stared at the empty lot, trying to visualize where the sidewalk ran, where the steps began, and where the white picket fence once stood. -
A Waterfall for My Birthday
As I sipped my coffee the morning of my birthday, Jenni asked if I had considered what I wanted to do to celebrate turning sixty, inferring the day was my choice. I said I wanted to hike a new waterfall. (Be careful of the offers you make a birthday boy!)
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Resolutions Status Report
Here it is, the middle of January (more or less), so it must be time to make some resolutions for the year.Perhaps the first should be to plan better.
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Christmas Traditions and Memories
Then there was the year our pastor had a young daughter who was terrified of snakes. The older “wisemen” whispered to her that there was a snake in the church and she ran down the aisle screaming “Nake! Nake!” I know my parents laughed about that for years; still makes me giggle 50+ years later.
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