i think i've played this here before and pretty much with what follows
last time i went backpacking. way back in 'fifteen. it was with a good friend and two others i don't see as often as i'd like. i've only backpacked twice with a female. the other my wife. after i forced us to go backpacking in isle royale on our surprise engagement trip, it was strictly day hikes from here on out. that's two stories. anyway, the other lass was belting out the chorus of this song and giggling. it spread to the rest of the van, oh we were going to arkansas. it was a lame bonding experience. totally harmless and memorable
i was the only one of the group who knew everyone. i didn't realize at the time the dynamic wouldn't be as fluid as i had hoped. i did, i did try to force camaraderie from the outset. to make everyone comfortable. it was therefore i decreed that henceforth i shall be known as general failure. that was the the trail moniker i bestowed upon myself. anyway, yeah i am kinda writing something about this. i don't know what to call it yet. i guess it'd be considered travel story but those are probably mostly stupid. i'm proof that anyone can tell his crappy look at how cool i am story. i say it's more like learning about storytelling. lord knows i got some work to do
i really wish you would have played this song dale. it would have been more pertinent
At lunch today I was listening to the 70s station on satellite radio and Olivia Newton John's "Magic" came out. Its funny how a song can take you back in time to a moment in your life. This song came out in 1980, and ONJ was one of the first women to ever make my heart flutter. She obviously first caught my attention in Grease, and I can remember going to see that awful movie "Xanadu" in the theaters. I made my mom by me the album.
Pulled up the video on the YouTube, I find my 45 year old self still in agreement with my 7 year old self. She was stunning.
(This post was last modified: 11-30-2018 01:25 PM by CliftonAve.)