What better way to celebrate Independence Day than by sending my son away with his father to learn all those by-gone skills that made Our Great Country great? Fire! Woodcraft! How to avoid getting malaria when beset by mosquitoes!
Yup, it's another father-son camping trip, this time far north, to the edge of the Adirondack Mountains. The son I speak of is Cubby, obviously. Charlie's a little young yet for this sort of adventure. Although his time will come, oh yes. There will come a day when I will wave goodbye to all three of the boys as they depart for another stint of peeing in the woods and (not) sleeping on the hard ground.
But for now, it's just Cubby and A. Charlie and I will be staying behind to man the fort against marauding bears. Or, you know, continue the never ending bathroom painting. Two more coats of paint on the shelves and then I will have my own personal independence from this stupid bathroom project.
Happy Fourth, my lovelies. Celebrate independence by camping or painting bathroom shelves or drinking beer and blasting off incendiary devices, but celebrate. It's our duty as Americans.
5 comments:
Amen!
Or, just a quiet day at home! Mary in MN
Or,just a quiet day at home!
I am glad for indoor plumbing , unlike our foremothers, who used outdoor facilities and only had one shelf and it was above the fireplace with which they heated the one room home. They were thankful to HAVE walls and didn't care what color they were. :) How far we have come.... or not,in A's opinion and Cubby's.
Just think of the guts and determination it took to come across the ocean to this new land and to survive in the wilderness that America was then.
Happy Independence Day. Beth
Just remind the boys not to pee into the wind, okay? It makes laundry easier.
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