Comments on: At home in the shadow of giants

By: chaz

chaz — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:47:39 +0000

Oh, I envy you watching that movie - we need to find it here or rent it (already?). The book was breathtaking and heartbreaking and I read it in one sitting, can’t wait to see Penn’s take and hear Vedder’s intwine.

By: A Fulltime RVer Deals with Legal Issues and The Law

A Fulltime RVer Deals with Legal Issues and The Law — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:30:13 +0000

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By: Bill McManus

Bill McManus — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:24:45 +0000

Three Rivers was one of our favorite campgrounds. I think we may have stayed in the same site. See the link.

By: Spoon.e.g

Spoon.e.g — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:30:27 +0000

Frisco is where I’d rather stay.
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Dah-ling I love you but give me 19th Avenue.

By: Henry Ferguson

Henry Ferguson — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:52:21 +0000

We also love the mountains. That is why we retired to the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. But we bought or little place in the mountains 27 years age before the prices went crazy.

It can get crowded on weekends but on week days we have the mountains to ourselves. We enjoy the mountains on the weekdays and do our house work on the weekends.

Take a look at our back yard: www.lakealpine.com

We will be getting a trailer this spring and hit the road especially when the snow is 5 feet high outside like it is now. Enjoyed the two movies. This is the kind of place we hope to camp in the escape the snow.

By: Rene

Rene — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:33:27 +0000

Last night, we watched “Into the Wild.” I thought it was so ironic; Jim and I have traveled thousands of miles on rural backcountry roads, camped in some spectacular scenery, and there we were last night, watching a movie about someone else’s similar adventures, while sitting on a sofa in crowded, hectic Los Angeles. It made my heart ache.

I love this song.

Hard Sun - Eddie Vedder
From “Into the Wild”

When I walk beside her
I am the better man
when i look to leave her
I always stagger back again

Once I built an ivory tower
so I could worship from above
when I climb down to be set free
she took me in again

There’s a big
a big hard sun
beating on the big people
in the big hard world

When she comes to greet me
she is mercy at my feet
I see her inner charm
she just throws it back at me

Once I dug an early grave
to find a better land
she just smiled and laughed at me
and took her rules back again

Once I stood to lose her
and I saw what i had done
bowed down and threw away the hours
of her garden and her sun

So I tried to want her
I turned to see her weep
40 days and 40 nights
and its still coming down on me