On Monday, February 10, 2014 11:07:23 PM UTC-6, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:14:40 -0800 (PST),
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> >One thing I miss from the 60s is when my father would take us for a Sunday
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> >drive in the country. We would stop at a farm stand, then at a drive-in for
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> I miss that too. I would always beg my father to find the graveled
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This horrible cold weather has had my wife and I talking every day about
the first time we can go camping. Our romantic destination is what we
refer to as "The Sawdust Pile." We go way off the pavement, and there's no
reason why you can't do that too. It's just as fun as when we were kids.

She had no idea I was writing about this when she just said, "Spring's just
going to feel even better this year." Yesterday evening I wrote my characters
hiking up a hollow in the Ozark back country. The location I envisaged was
only a few miles from The Sawdust Pile.

One can rent a pickup truck for a weekend for a reasonable price, which makes
less well maintained roads accessible.
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> Janet US

--B