Cross Country Adventure

Today I looked out my backyard at all of the houses and yards and thought back to when we first moved in. The backyard was just a field then and the kids loved to play back there. As I recall dad was watching Ellie, mom and I were shopping, and Steve was taking a nap. ( It was a fairly typical day.) Dad could see Steve's parents house from our place so he decided he'd just go cross-country to their house with Ellie on his shoulders. Butch and Wendy recall seeing his head bobbing up and down as he went up and down the hill and through neighbors yards to get to their place. Dad was a country kid at heart and he didn't think you needed to worry about silly things like property lines and sidewalks. The kids still ask if they can take grandpa's shortcut to Butch and Wendy's.