I once played with the idea of having someone make me a bumper sticker. Nothing too political, or inspirational. Instead, a tag that would brag of a completed event. Something akin to the fairy tale reputation, of having “Killed ten with one blow”. I wanted to let the world know that “I drove the road to Meat Cove!”
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Pity that vacations have to end with travel days. I mean, if I could find a way to go from “there” to “here” without spending the day watching bad drivers; that would be a vacation in itself.
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Versatile; that’s me. After a deciding to stay for an extra day, we decided not to stay, just like that. It did have something to do with “no room in the inn”, so maybe I’m just quick to react. Almost as valuable a quality as “versatility”.
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Packing the night before, getting up with the rising sun, deciding on the direction to travel; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. At an hour where we would usually be boiling water for coffee, we were already on the boat.
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It’s all back in the bag. Except for my sleeping bag; the little car that can has been reloaded, and tomorrow we’ll plan the next phase of vacation.
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Please add to your life notes: cars are inappropriate chase vehicles for moving ocean liners, or ferryboats, or any other craft that depends on open waters. Not that we didn’t try.
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There is an Island legend, although not well known to native settlers, that buffalo roam the fields and forests of the land. For the intrepid explorer, there is a place, bounded by mysterious fences, where sightings have been reported in the last century. Each time we pass through Ms ailltown Cross, I cast a keen eye, but it remains, alas, apocryphal.
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Out of the fat and into the fire; the reason why you really should have lids for frying pans. My quest was successful, and now I can look forward to a clean(er) stovetop.
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Don’t leave your shampoo in the campground shower facility, as new owners are lying in wait. It seems that the time of adoption of an unwatched bottle can be measured in minutes.
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My resistance is faltering. Despite my best intentions, I’ve being drawn into the campfire culture.
There isn’t much else to do around a campsite, once the sun has set. Either you decide to sleep by dusk, or you join in the circle. Every tent and trailer location comes with a requisite fire pit, and split wood is available for a price. Not for cooking; the fire replaces other visual entertainment (think of it as the original big screen entertainment centre).
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