Just perfect.
As the years went by, and as I began to drive a car of my own, I remember saying MANY times to my dad, "I will NEVER live on a gravel road! NEVER! I just can't stand how dusty my car is. Never, never, never." If you wanted to find our house, you would travel on Hwy EE for about 5 miles and then drive on 3 miles of gravel. I really hated it. My car always had layers of dust on it. What was the point of washing it? It would just get dirty again when I traveled home!
He would always just smile and say, "I used to think the same thing. You might change your mind someday."
Guess what, dad...you were right.
I dream of the day when I might live down a road just like the one I used to see every day on my way home (pictured above). I want to step outside of my front door and see nothing but trees or a field of grass. I want to hear nothing but birds and crickets. I wouldn't mind being awakened at 5:30 am by a whippoorwill...really...it's true.
I am not an outdoorsy kind of girl, but I do know this: I simply love visiting my parents' house if for no other reason than to take a walk down their lane and see the tall pine trees; to skip a rock on their pond that sits not far from their back yard; to sit out on their deck and hear their wind chimes.
No interstate. No train.
I love it.
Perhaps someday we will live in such a place. And if my vehicle is dusty, I won't mind. I know it's a small price to pay.
Dad...I now understand.
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Could I relate anymore?!
My parents bought the ideal piece of land, built our house, and we moved in sometime in '94.
I cannot stand the gravel road. I think it's absolutely pointless to wash my car! My car is supposed to be black.. ha. I've always hoped and wished the road would be paved!
Like you said, I like the nature aspect of living here.
I don't know if someday I'll someday change my mind about living on a gravel road again, but it sounds likely. ;-)
I want to live in a neiborhood like you see on the Truman Show one day. Beautiful yards, beautiful houses, and saying "good morning" to someone across the stree on the way to work.
I would love to live out in the country as well. I would love to have fields and woods for the kids to run through. Think of all the adventures they could have! I could do without the pond though! :0) I would love to have a screened in porch to sit on, listen to the birds, watch the kids, and drink ice tea. How awesome would that be? Maybe someday...
I have to say...I completely understand. I'd love to go back to that incredible scenery as well...:)
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