I went for a long hike today in Clarence Fahnstock State Park in the Hudson River Valley of New York
The hills were crowded with Mountain Laurel and mosses, great big Granite outcroppings were everywhere, I located lots of small ponds and big lakes to revisit this summer with some fishing gear and my kids
I even found an enormous Beaver Lodge...really cool to see that!
What places give you the most happiness MC'ers?
My happy place is often found in my head, like when guys are droning on and on about car mechanics or when someone is trying to talk math with me, but an actual place is anywhere, Montana.
shareThe Best place is often in your own head
I'm pretty sure I'd irk you no end...I love me some car talk with the boys
Math...hell no
2+2=5 is all I ever got out of that jive
Montana...so perfect in the spring and summer, the winter seems really scary though
Nah, you wouldnāt irk me. Thatās what my happy place is for, and boys will be boys. The only time itās annoying is when itās a one on one conversation. Iāll literally tell people āI quit listening to you 10min agoā and some people just continue on! It amazes me, but Iād rather come of as a bitch than be fake and pretend Iām interested in what theyāre saying.
I got a pretty good laugh about you dusting the furniture at 2am by the way.
That's very fair of you
Boys do seem to go on about dumb stuff (I'm very guilty of this)
I often do chores (dusting, sweeping, laundry...) very late at night
No idea why, I may have some weird mental condition
I ain't looking into it, my house is very cleanš
As I inquired before...how much do you charge for your services...to make me happy?š
shareThe places you describe ! Way to go Shogun !
shareThanks sneptsš
It's a bit early for ferns and l didn't see any mushrooms yet but it's always great to be in the woods with the animals...tomorrow I will be in New York City with thieves, addicts, ticket agents and the usual riff-raff...a few hours in the forest did me some good
tomorrow I will be in New York City
Yep and it's getting old
I drive past pretty horses and chicken flocks in my woodsy neighborhood, 90 minutes later I'm placing the framing hammer and Buck Knife on the passenger seat as I look for a parking spot
NYC has become a real litter box!
I can relate. I used to carry a lead-filled billy club, tucked under my thigh while driving a cab in a rough military town during the night shift.
shareI hear you
Pistols are best until you get busted with one
Nothing weird about a large hammer, big screwdriver and a folding knife in your carš
I camped a bunch around here in Western Oregon. All of them were magic at some point. Just being away from people and being outside is a Joy.
One of my favorite stories is when me and my GF at the time were standing around getting supper ready. I saw a skunk ambling through our campsite and said, hey, there's a skunk. She said, yeah right.
I said no, really there's a skunk. She turned, saw it and exclaimed, oh what a beautiful skunk ! It's lovely !
She explained when they were camping as a kid her Dad would say SKUNK! just to get the kids excited.
The darn thing just ambled past us like we were all great friends. What a nice skunk !
Lucky you!
My Pit Bull (sadly passed on now) had a habit of attacking every animal that wandered through our yard
She killed several skunks in the driveway and WOW, I gotta say, that skunk spray can make you cry!
There cannot be anything more unpleasant that bathing a pissed off Pit Bull that's simply covered in Skunk spray...I did it three times
Western Oregon is so gorgeous. A couple years back I road-tripped down the coast, camping the entire trip. Man, the trees there. One night I skipped the tent and just curled up in between the roots of one of those bigass trees, it was one of the best nights sleep I ever had.
Lol about the skunk. I can totally picture it just moseying on by.
Thanks. That's exactly what is was like. It just bobbled through like nobody's business. Almost a reminder that if you don't eff with them, they won't eff with you.
shareA handful of places where I used to walk my dog. In the woods, by the beach or at the reservoir.
In my head I often day dream about the Himalayas. I've always been drawn to the mountains.
I've always been drawn to the mountains.
Disney World!
shareDear, dear! You just had to ruin my fantasy with the āhandymanā! You had to mention Rat World! Oh, lord how I wish they hadnāt found Florida! We had a paradise then that damnable rat moved in, with others following to ruin a state...crime soared. My hometown was no longer a small, safe town where we didnāt lock our doors. Oh...the shame of it!
shareWell, I promise I behaved myself when I was over there. I didn't cut any lines, I didn't litter, I didn't use flash photography inside, I washed my hands after using the bathroom, I tidied up my hotel room before I left without stealing towels or anything from the minibar and I certainly didn't go to any safe, little, quiet towns in Florida to wreak havoc and mayhem on the poor, innocent locals!
shareI just have one question (itās 4:00 AM here; being nauseous woke me) did you bring your whip? You seem to be a good visitor, but we donāt fault you....itās that damn rat š and the result of him moving into the state. California residents warned the Florida powers that be, but the greedy turkeys didnāt pay heed. Maybe because most if not all owned the land or hurriedly secretly bought some to sell. All of the acreage was purchased in secret. All of a sudden average folks were being offered more than what the land was worth at the time. Cha-ching, cha-ching was the sound being heard!
shareOf course I brought my whip! I wasn't going to let one of those furries grope me like they do in Disneyland Paris!
shareOh, the sneaky devils! Let me at them! Do they really? Not too Disneyfied, but thereās no telling what goes on in that castle...Paris does have the š° doesnāt it?
I just noticed...96 more to go! Iām getting in the big leagues now...yeah...right!
You go, girl! You better get those red solo cups out!
They have the Sleeping Beauty castle. It's really lovely, actually.