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Thankful for a Tradition of Family "Outdoorsiness"

On my desk sits a large, framed, black-and-white photo that always inspires me. It's clearly from a bygone era. In fact, I know exactly who the sprawling group under the sequoias is and when it was taken, thanks to the carefully hand-printed inscription in the corner: Sierra Club, Yosemite, July 10, 1921. Right smack in the middle are 2 smiling faces: my maternal grandmother and grandfather, in their courting days. I see in their smiles, especially in my grandmother's, a clear enjoyment of the ...

Posted by Ann B on November 28, 2011 3:12 PM & Tagged Guatemala, John Muir, Sierra Club, Thanksgiving, Tikal, camping, grandmother and national parks | permalink | Comments