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VACATION/TRAVEL

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
and be one traveler, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim,
because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
in leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.
- "The Road Less Traveled" by Robert Frost

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. -Yogi Berra

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. - Lao Zi

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. - Saint Augustine

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. - George Moore

Little by little, one travels far. - J.R.R. Tolkien

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.
"I've been thinking," he said, "I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone."
- "The Wise Woman's Stone," Author Unknown

FAMILY REUNIONS

Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy. - Mother Teresa

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future. - Gail Lumet Buckly

A family is a little world created by love. - Author Unknown

A family is a place of warmth when the world is cold;
a place of safety when the world is hostile;
a place of light when the world is dark. -Author Unknown

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have. - Ring Lardner

You may not be one of those people whose family is always there for you. It may seem odd, but people you aren't related to can take care of you, and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't always biological. - Author Unknown

THE FAMILY TREE
Our family tree is tall and wide,
We know not yet its measures
Some have searched and probed for years
To seek out all its treasures.
Miles traveled here and there.
Frustration and discouragement
Brought us often to despair!

But we kept right on going
Oft' times down a dead-end street.
Detours were not uncommon,
At times the road was rough and steep.
However, if you have never tried
A project such as this,
You can't imagine all the fun
and joy that you have missed!

Through our work we've met some folks
We'd have never known were kin.
Also, once more have met other folks
Whom we hadn't seen "since when".
And now and then a lead would come
That brought forth fruit, and so. . .
With new found hope and vigor
We'd again be on the go!

Here a name and there a date,
Then slowly, bit by bit,
Our tree began to take on form
With each new piece that fit.
So here, dear folks, though not complete,
Is our family tree to treasure.
Now thanks to all of you who helped---
It has truly been a pleasure.
-South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society

CAMPING

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire? - Author Unknown

Man's heart away from nature becomes hard. - Standing Bear

The poetry of the earth is never dead. -John Keats

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. - Charles A. Lindbergh

The woods were made for the hunters of dreams,
The brooks for the fishers of song;
To the hunters who hunt for the gunless game
The streams and the woods belong. - Sam Walter Foss

What I like about camping is you can get really dirty. Either you're all by yourself, so no one else sees you, or everyone you're with is just as dirty as you are, so nobody cares. - Anonymous former Boy Scout

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. - George Washington Carver

SHOPPING

Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. - American Proverb

Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping. - Bo Derek

Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase. - Erma Bombeck

They came, they saw, they did a little shopping. - Graffiti on the Berlin Wall, following the lifting of travel restrictions.

I’ve found out it’s fun to go shopping. It’s such a feminine thing to do. -Marilyn Monroe

Well you know that it's going to be alright
I think it's gonna be alright
Everything will always be alright
When we go shopping -Partial lyrics to "Shopping" by Barenaked Ladies