I love being with my boys in the mountains. We had our first outing yesterday in our new canoe and it was a great time. Henry David Thoreau went to his Walden Pond for some R & R and yesterday we went to a lake much like I imagine Walden might have been for Thoreau. We stopped by and picked some peaches and then we headed for a lake down a gravel road that allows no motors over 20HP to enter. It was an an unusually cool July day and we stated until 7pm. The frogs were the only sounds around (besides my 2 kids chattering) and I had a good book about Heaven. We did some fishing (I read and laughed at Cay casting over and over) and swimming. It was more relaxing than any beach trip might I add. We had our very own private beach in the middle of the lake since the water was down for some unknown reason. The beaches I like involve no blistering sun, no sand blowing in my face, no salty ocean water, no tide coming up to worry about, nobody smoking nearby, no one drinking and picking fights next to ya, no scantily clad women parading by, no views of ridiculous tattoos on people who should not be showing that skin anyway, no lobster-baked people yelling at their kids, and no airplanes flying by advertising anything. Just frogs and fish, a few friendly kayakers coming down from the river, cool fresh water, and trees: just the way I like it!
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.
Be not simply good - be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
Henry David Thoreau
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