Ten-Word Thursday: Road Trip
Jul 29th, 2010 by Marilyn
It’s been a quiet summer here, at least for the adults and one miserably hot Labrador Retriever. While Josie tore through theater stage crew, volleyball camp and writing class, Greg had his nose to the legal grindstone and I’ve been writing, writing, special-project writing, and quietly keeping fingers crossed. I know it’s still late July but I can feel summer shifting, preparing to shuffle its humid, sticky self down the hill toward fall. You can see it in the faces of tired mosquito-slappers, taste it in salad when you’re dreaming of hot soup and finally, you can hear it from children. Children who absolutely, no way, totally mean it do not want to go back to school.
For us the surest sign is a road trip, one we’ve taken every end-of-summer for years, up to northern Minnesota – way up north, as they say, near the Boundary Waters. So sacred is this trip to our little family that I believe if we did not make the drive, time might stop and summer would never end. And if the prospect of a sweaty, eternal August scares you, don’t worry: while there’s breath in our bodies and gas in the car, we will not miss granite coves or wild blueberry danishes or glittering Lake Superior, so wide and welcome and cold.
Thus we are off toward Highway 61 – revisited – in just a few days. And before I break into song about pine trees and seagulls and pie, I’d better make with today’s ten words:
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Road trip
Due north
Beloved berry break
Fish, cake
Cool.
What’s your favorite road trip?
Hope you’ve been enjoying a marvelous summer. I’ll be back soon with a few longer posts, a few food posts and a few sweet surprises.
ah, last year.
More of Minnesota’s North Shore:
Josie and the Pie, with Diamonds
Wait for meeeeeeeeeeeeee! I’m coming, toooooooooo!
Have fun up there you three! blueberry season here has been canceled due to lack of rain!
Have fun! Up to Northern Michigan for us in a couple weeks. Cherries, blueberries, and family time at my favorite overnight camp. Can’t wait!
We’re Colorado bound this afternoon. Estes Park awaits.
Last week I was reading about the pie milkshakes at Betty’s Pies. Enjoy a shake (or two) for me.
Have fun and post soon – I need a vicarious road trip
I promise not to throw a tantrum about your vacation if you bring me pie.
Have a lovely trip and I can’t wait to read about your adventures. xxoo
Love the Bob Dylan reference.
Have a great trip! My daughter takes her 3 kids (4 – 15) camping for a week up there every summer. She’ll be going in a couple weeks. I can’t wait for you to get back tho. I miss you when you aren’t writing. Have so much fun. I hope it cools off for you tho. We are having a miserably hot and humid summer.
Ok… now I’m officially depressed and in need of just a bit more summer. My kids started back Monday!