Sunday, May 14, 2006

Travelin'?

Most of my growing-up years were in a little town in California called Danville. The summers were most memorable for the traveling my family did together. Almost every year we traveled clear across the country to New Hampshire to a little town in Dublin where we attended a Christian youth convention as well as visiting with family and friends. Some times we went by automobile and some times we went by train. We made more of those trips than I can recall. In those days before jet airliners and Interstate highways it was quite a bit more of an adventure than it is now to travel. Now I know it wasn't quite back to the days of the Covered Wagon but it's still considerably different now than in the '50s.
I started thinkin' here the other day of all the many ways to travel that are available to us and wondered what peoples favorite ways are. There's walking, jogging, crawling, swimming, Bicycling, horseback, the afore mentioned Covered Wagon, Boat, car, bus, train, airplane, Hot Air Balloon and at least a few more I am sure.

Well here are my favorites:
#1: Walking.
#2: Automobile.
#3: The Train.

My LEAST favored are:
#1: Flying.
#2: Boat.
#3: Swimming.

I'm sure that some of you are shocked that Trains are not at the top of the list for me---I enjoy traveling by rail immensely but I like going by car and walking more! Now some of you probably chuckle at the idea of walking very far... ...well, maybe you didn't know that I at various times dreamed of walking all the way across our great nation---I never did it and I'm quite sure now I never shall but I have wished I could have---just think of all the adventures I might have had... ...the people I would have met... ...sigh.
I also still dream of making a great long trip by Auto all through Canada and on into Alaska and then the return trip doing a zig zag to catch as many National Parks as possible---there are sooo many I haven't yet seen... ...maybe I'll get to do this one yet!!!
Why not fly you ask? It's way too confining and you can't see much---I only fly when time is an issue...

That's all for now---Happy Travels Ya'lls! 8~)