Another hiker, the only one we saw on the hike, volunteered to take our picture.
“Collect moments, not things.” – Unknown
A Hike for the Memory Bank
When my oldest son, D.C. graduated from high school in Utah, he joined the Army, which sent him to Hawaii. Then he got married, had three kids, made the Army his career, had many tours of overseas duty, and when he was stateside, he and I never lived in the same state.
The waterfall. — Photo by Pat Bean
He finally retired, and lately we’ve finally been able to spend more than just a day or two together maybe once a year. Not only did I get to have Thanksgiving with him and his family this year, he and I found time to take a hike together. It was great easy trail, with a waterfall at the end of a loop, turtles sunning themselves on logs and a suspension bridge across a river. Mother Nature kept calling me to look at this tree or that plant.
But it will now be awhile before I see D.C. and his family again. Gypsy Lee, Pepper and I are back on the road to visit another child. When you have five kids, as I did way too many years ago, and they all scatter to the five winds, that becomes a way of life.
The turtles. When I tried to get closer they dove beneath the water. — Photo by Pat Bean
That’s why memories are important. And the photos I took of the hike will bring them back many times. I hope you don’t mind my sharing them with you. Book Report: Stuck again. It seems the closer I get to the end of Travels with Maggie, the slower I get. What’s up with this I’m asking myself.
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