It's time for the Common Household time-honored tradition of the
Thanksgiving survey:
Roads
1. Name or describe a road,
path, or highway for which you are thankful.
2. In your childhood, how did
you travel to school?
Bonus question:
What is your favorite
expression which includes the word “road”?
Please participate by giving your answers in the comments. Happy Thanksgiving Preparation Week!
Please participate by giving your answers in the comments. Happy Thanksgiving Preparation Week!
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| The Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem |
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| The Appalachian Trail in Harper's Ferry |
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| The road right outside the Common Household, with a visitor |
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| Moraine State Park |
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| Path through the wetlands in our local park |
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| Railroad next to the Kennebecasis River, New Brunswick, Canada |
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| Choose your road carefully. |
For the Common Household extended family's responses, please click here.
5 comments:
1. When I commuted, I was thankful for the 101 (yes the THE is a California thing), a beautiful low-traffic stretch along the California coastline.
2. I walked or rode my bike to elementary school, took the bus and then later drove to high school.
"The road to a friend's house is never long." (I don't know who said it; it's on one of my stamps.)
When we lived in NoVA, the road to Harper's Ferry was only about a 45 minute drive (and I really liked Harper's Ferry and the hikes there). There were a lot of roads I truly enjoyed when we lived in NoVA: the drives to and through Waterford, Hillsboro, and Lovettsville were some of my favorites. I was thankful for the bike path that was next to the Potomac River from Brunswick, MD to Harper's Ferry, WV.
I am grateful for the path through the Nisqually Wildlife Area just north of Olympia, WA. We took many family walks there when our children were young. I'm grateful for the paths and trails through our local parks where we lived now; they bring us up close to so much beauty.
We walked up a steep hill to our elementary school. To get to middle school, we walked partway up that hill then turned on a plateau before walking down another hill. For high school I either walked the entire distance, or caught a city bus for part of the distance, or if I was lucky and had the money I'd catch a ride with an older student and chip in for gas. We moved prior to my junior year and my new high school was only 2 blocks from my house which was a refreshingly easy walk (or, for my senior year -- a trot with a cup of coffee).
1, Kalanianaole Hwy. because it had the best view when driving home from work
2. My 2 feet. In the snow ... in the rain ... in the sunshine ... and under rainbows
Bonus: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood...
1. We walked to school.
2. I love the trail at Purdy Nature Reserve, it's the closest to mountains I can get in this flat state, but I'm fond of driving on roads by lakes, with the tall pine trees and the glimpses of blue water. We have lots of those in our flat state.
"Take the high road."
Happy thanksgiving!
1) I'm thankful for Rt 19 even with all of the traffic lights because it means that I have job (which I love)
2) The big yellow bus was my transportation to school until high schiol when either I got a ride with a friend or actually got to drive myself.
3) "On the road again" because it means that I have the opportunity to travel and that I'm usually traveling to see family or loved ones.
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