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Rumored, my parents were 'full-timers' in their airstream for 20 years
and went as far north as Alaska and drove down as far as Central America. Several years they wintered in Guadalajara, Mexico. They didn't quit until age and poor health insisted.
posted by
Ciel
on July 16, 2008 at 4:13 PM
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Ciel, all very beautiful pictures...once we retire, I'd love to just "go"
and tour Canada and the U.S. with camera and notebook (or laptop...:) in hand...
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posted by
Rumor
on July 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM
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I love Nature
I like your picture, it's inspired me to do some jungle tracks on this year
posted by
lyknliken
on July 15, 2008 at 9:41 PM
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What a fantastic tour! I love hiking in the woods and trails in nature preserves! Stunning! sam
posted by
sam444
on July 15, 2008 at 9:09 AM
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TAPS, when it comes down to it, there is hardly a single part of this
country that I cannot enjoy, even revel in! I simply need to give up sedentary life and become seriously migratory! Maine--havent been there since I was a teen, but it was gorgeous, too--especially down by the docks with a plate of lobster steaming under my nose!
posted by
Ciel
on July 14, 2008 at 5:54 PM
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Re: TAPS, I confused things by mentioning Maine...
My baby Sis lives in Maryland and she loves her daily walk in the woods there because it reminds her so much of walking in the woods here in Missouri. I know nothing about Maine except that it has a coast and MO doesn't. LOL Oh, and Maryland has ticks. I know because she has told me of having to pick ticks off of her two sons after they have been out.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 14, 2008 at 5:50 PM
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TAPS, I confused things by mentioning Maine...
We're in Maryland this time. I love the eastern woodlands, though I didn't realize how much until spending years in the northwest where the forest is magnificent and dramatic--but no more beautiful than the deciduous forests with their open airs and high canopies.
posted by
Ciel
on July 14, 2008 at 5:40 PM
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Ciel, What a beautiful post. It looks like home to me. Practically everything you've shown there looks like my woods across the road along the lakes except that my trail is paved because it is in a city park area. The abundance of and variety of trees, the large vines, the streaks of sunlight penetrating the bramches. the trumpet vine flowers that draw the hummingbirds, you even have the ailanthus (tree of heaven) focused in with its long and shiny leaflets. It may be Maine, but it looks like home in Missouri. By the way, the woods of up-state NY are much the same as those of Missouri.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 14, 2008 at 5:18 PM
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Ariala, the first thing we told the kids was to watch out for ticks.
And the poison ivy! I think your part of the world has chiggers, which this one doesn't. And Maine has tiny voracious black flies... And someone in Olympia WA got stung by a scorpion last week, so I here.
Yeesh! Still a few bugs in the system!
posted by
Ciel
on July 14, 2008 at 4:20 PM
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Thanks, Gap! A walk in the woods is always full of beauty and surprises--
I hope you have some you can get to at will!
posted by
Ciel
on July 14, 2008 at 4:17 PM
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I wanted to jump right in there, too! Beautiful! Bet there are no ticks
in them woods like in Missouri.
posted by
Ariala
on July 14, 2008 at 4:10 PM
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Loved the poetry, too. I wanted to jump right in there. Mal
posted by
gapcohen
on July 14, 2008 at 1:57 PM
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