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Summer memories

Posted: July 25th, 2010 | Author: T | Filed under: T Writes | Tags: Home, The Power Family | 2 Comments »

When I was little, I lived in a town called Mill Valley in Northern California. Kids in Mill Valley couldn’t get into too much trouble in the summers because a heavy fog from San Francisco Bay would roll in every afternoon, sadly cutting playtime short.

When my family moved to Washington State, my brother and sister and I were amazed to find fog in short supply there. And the sun stayed out until after 9 pm! It was heaven to run barefoot through the lawn AFTER dinner. My brother and I shared a bedroom, and it was still so bright outside when we were sent to bed that my mom put tin foil over the windows on the sunny side of the room. We fell asleep in the golden glow of the setting sun.

Did we miss Mill Valley? Yes. Even with the fog, it had a magic all its own. And the year we moved to Washington State, some Mill Valley school kids recorded a hit song about it. My brother and sister and I listened to it all summer long in the everlasting Washington sun, and we were glad to think we had TWO home towns.

2 Comments on “Summer memories”

  1. 1 Sarah said at 1:17 pm on July 27th, 2010:

    Cool song!

  2. 2 Eric said at 8:14 pm on August 3rd, 2010:

    Catchy!

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