Monday, April 22, 2013

Day 5- April 22, 2013

Today is earth day which is suppose to direct our attention toward  things nature. so my memory is of trying to make contact with nature.  One such moment was my short lived Boy Scouting career. I forget the troop number but  I, my brother Joe, my friend Robert and another scout Michael  were signed up to go to Scout summer Camp.  Ten mile River was the camp name.  Since we were the only ones from our troop to attend we were linked up with another "foreign" troop.  Having arrived first we took over an open faced lean to.  When the "foreign leaders" arrived we were evicted and assigned to two  pup tents  by the lakeside.  It proceeded to rain torrentially.  The water rose!  The tent, its  occupants and its content was soaked to the core. For the two week we were there it rained every day.  Thus I concluded that nature  or rather making contact with nature was not at all fun.  To this day I stay close to sidewalks. My disdain for things "natural" has been affirmed  many times. 

Nature is god's gift to man to be enjoyed at a distance!!

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