Beautifully written. What an amazing time you had at that park! I love the parks! The trees, the wildlife, the solitude. Some of my favorite vacations and memories are the weeks I spent alone in a state park....well not quite alone, my cats always came with me in the RV! They love watching the chipmunks and squirrels. 🐿️
Oh my, I am crying now! You write so well. How lucky were we that we got to spend that semester in that big old house. You know I have never actually seen a bear in the wild. I have seen their foot prints and imagine that they have seen me. Hugs!
Frank: we definitely saw you. Um…in that one painting, do you think there was too much blue?
Josie: always the art critic!
But seriously, I thought of you while I was writing that, thinking of Ranger Ray, Kirby, and all the incredible times we had there in the park. I still have the “cold water kills” poster that someone liberated from the park! I might have cried a little bit when I was writing this.
I only fell in once. I remember I was shaking so bad I could barely stand up. It was Ranger Ron that pulled me to shore. That was a wild day that could have gone bad!
Beautifully written. What an amazing time you had at that park! I love the parks! The trees, the wildlife, the solitude. Some of my favorite vacations and memories are the weeks I spent alone in a state park....well not quite alone, my cats always came with me in the RV! They love watching the chipmunks and squirrels. 🐿️
Cats: it would be much better if we could…um…PLAY with the chipmunks and squirrels…
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Oh my, I am crying now! You write so well. How lucky were we that we got to spend that semester in that big old house. You know I have never actually seen a bear in the wild. I have seen their foot prints and imagine that they have seen me. Hugs!
Frank: we definitely saw you. Um…in that one painting, do you think there was too much blue?
Josie: always the art critic!
But seriously, I thought of you while I was writing that, thinking of Ranger Ray, Kirby, and all the incredible times we had there in the park. I still have the “cold water kills” poster that someone liberated from the park! I might have cried a little bit when I was writing this.
I only fell in once. I remember I was shaking so bad I could barely stand up. It was Ranger Ron that pulled me to shore. That was a wild day that could have gone bad!
Who would think the water was still so cold in May? It could have gone very bad indeed!
Love this, Anne. I want a National Parks book narrated by your bears, please.
It will probably be banned for being pro bear and pro park, which really really makes me want to write this.
Beautifully written and I will for sure vote for Frank!