When I bought the book, the author Laura challenged me to pick my word....so I did! Actually I have two, but they are related. My word is Collector and Eclectic....I am a collector! of people, of recipes, of collections, of kitchen tools, of experiences, of odd things, of movies, rocks and shells, and of many other things.....most that make no sense to anyone but me....
Anyhoo.....one of my obsessions is the stamps and stickers from the national parks....When I find a new one I am visibly excited and it becomes a momentous occasion. Only other park stampers understand those heart palpitations as another stamp is added to the book...
Yes there is a book! I outgrew the first one and had to invest in the "Explorer Edition"!
It goes with us whenever we travel! We don't get to all the parks in the area, but we try...
We take a picture of the park signs....and then we frame them and hang them on the walls of our house in Highlandville....these are new ones that we just got.....
We encourage others to join us in the fun....Rachel has become obsessed too!
Summer of 2015 we went West and had a blast with our grandchildren, Kevin, and Rachel.....We went to church and then went to the parks....the first one was a cave. Then we headed north to the Golden Spike...Traffic was heavy, it was further than the map showed, one thing after another...we arrived at 5:03 to find the park closed! Except as we walked up with our passports the extremely sympathetic and wonderful park rangers opened up the visitor center so we could get the cansellation stamps! Thank you very much Golden Spike Park Rangers! We will never forget you!!!!
You might notice we have Jr. Rangers in the family!!!!
What should we collect next?
Soli Deo Gloria!!!!!
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