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diff --git a/src/md/04_Dans_First_Big_Trip.md b/src/md/04_Dans_First_Big_Trip.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0692b80..0000000 --- a/src/md/04_Dans_First_Big_Trip.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Dan's First Big Trip ---- - -Big adventures that took us far from home were not a part of my early -childhood years. We had lots of family events near home with -grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins and church friends, but -expensive far away trips were out of our reach. I had no sense of -deprivation or disappointment because I was just a small child and my -world in the vicinity of Lakeview was enormous. There was never a lack -of things to explore and challenging things to do, so life was good. - -I remember lots of little trips around the area. Dad loved to shoot guns -and we often went to shoot jack rabbits at the airport and ground -squirrels at grandpa Williams' farm. Family hikes in the surrounding -hills and fishing in the local streams were common. - -The first actual vacation trip that I can remember was a family trip to -Disneyland when we lived in Oregon City. We did lots of things as a -family to earn some extra money for the event. Because we lived in an -old farm house where there were still a few surviving trees from the -original orchards, we were able to gather up a large pile of walnuts -that had fallen on the ground beneath the trees. Dad placed them on some -drying racks in the basement until they were dry enough to remove the -outer skins and then crack the shells to harvest the nuts inside. I -remember sitting with the family in the basement and cracking those -walnuts for hours while we listened to music from an old radio. After -all our efforts to earn extra cash for the trip, I think we managed to -save up about 76 dollars. - -The trip was memorable, but full of boring stuff too. The traveling in -Old Blue, the family station wagon, seemed endless and I remember being -stuck in traffic for what seemed forever. We had to stand in line for -hours to go on a 15-minute ride. I only remember the submarine ride and -the Matterhorn. The crowds and cars and big city were all a bit -overwhelming for a young boy from the country. I came back from the -experience wondering what the big attraction of it was. I'd rather build -forts in the old prune dryer and catch crawdads in the local stream than -fight with the crowds in the big city. - -A loving, supportive family with lots of siblings and extended family -were enough to build a world of happiness for me. I never felt that I -needed to escape from the local village to see the wonders of the world. -I was content with the simple life of a country boy from the sticks. |