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Nephew Backpacking
Trip #3
When my nephews turn 13 (I don't know why this is the magic
number) I promised to take them backpacking. It has now turned into a yearly
event that I really look forward to. These trips are among the most
memorable trips I've made. Just lots of pure fun. The best way to
explain it is let you read an excerpt from an email I sent my adult backpacking
buddies when I returned from the second nephew trip.
Ok..... I must tell you about my trip.... I know you've been waiting for the
juicy details. Weather was absolutely perfect. River temp was perfect. Nights
were a little warm for my sleeping pleasure. Nephews backpacking
skills/endurance now rival my 'adult' backpacking buddies. Azny the dog was a
perfect trail companion/guardian/foot warmer. Scott got a chance to relive being
14 again. I had so much fun with my constantly silly 14 year old nephews, that I
didn't want to return to the adult world. We had deadly explosive pine cone
fights, jousted with reeds tipped in ugly poison, had rock throwing contests
that destroyed entire mountains, corralled bullfrog polliwogs and taught them the
rules of football, fished in the trees, chased hundreds of man-eating lizards,
fought off attacks by giant rattlesnakes (it was 12" long), talked to
aliens telepathically, and created new world records in all the swimming and
breath-holding events. It was magic.
If the allure of life with Liz hadn't been so strong... I'd still be lost in
Never Never Land.
But I'm back at work, even though my mind keeps drifting to thoughts of Seven
League boots and high pitched laughter bouncing off canyon walls.
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