Day 4: Leaving Me Thankful...

I am thankful for the opportunity to take long thought-provoking walks with our family, through forest trails. Sounds odd coming from someone whose idea of "camping" is a trip to the local Red Roof Inn, right?

We choose our favorite leaves, and press them inside the pages of our favorite books.  Sometimes, we use wax to preserve the leaves.  In school, we place our leaves under paper and rub them with a crayon to reveal the veins and leaf patterns.


Here on the East Coast, the fall foliage is so breath-taking that people from all across the US, as well as other countries, actually pay to take sight-seeing trips just to view the magnificent colors of the changing leaves.  The Strasburg Railroad (Strasburg, PA) has a train ride specifically for this occasion.  Bus trips through Pennsylvania, Maine, New York, New Hampshire and more abound.


For us, it's as close as a walk around the block.

I am thankful.