JJBIRISH wrote:
since the thread goes in many directions anyway:
we live in the greatest country in the world, for sure...
it is the only country that will allow us, we the people, to self destruct, are forced to compete on a unleveled playing fields, give illegal emigrants more rights than legal immigrants or citizens for that matter get...
we seem to favor immediate rewards and short term gains over long term economic health or what is really good for the country... seem to believe a service economy is all we need, and allow for the past and future enemy's to build the parts for our military machine since we no longer mfg. anything...
it seems its get all you can now, tomorrow may never come... oh ya don't worry about what kind of mess we leave for our grandkids, they will do fine on their own... besides I am self made and owe no one anything...
America is fine, the country is great...
its Americans I think I need to worry about...
of coarse I am one of those, the sky is falling, doom's day kind of people that most on here are so critical of...
but I am glad of who I am, I don't need every thing I can beg, borrow, steal, or even earn... I hope to leave the place called America better than it was when I came into the world... it's beginning to look like there are fewer with this same desire, and think having every material thing made is a measuring stick...
camping is a great way to spend quality time with the kids, but it's not the DP or the big TV and giant trailer that makes it quality for the kids... might be for you...
quality time for them is you listening to them and trying to understand them, that can be done a home, camping only allows for the time away from the normal distractions that prevent us from hearing... the sights and sounds of nature help by complementing that...
I know I have done something right, when I hear my kids say my dad took me to the races instead of I/we went to the races, and my mom and dad showed me how to do that... it is the memories they have because of me not my memories that matter...
the price of fuel could halt my camping someday but not from having quality time with those I love and enjoy so much...
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