Submitted by Jamie Miller on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 18:25.
To Kristen Brengel
The Wilderness Society
Thank you so much for your email as we all, as Americans come upon This truly appreciative Thanksgiving Day. We honestly have SO MUCH to be thankful for, to be fortunate enough to live in this great nation of ours.
Originally born in Louisville Kentucky, my first memorable grand scale appreciation of nature comes from my first visit to Mammoth Cave National Park. From the sprawling forests that surround the mouth of the cave that make you feel like you are on expedition with Louis & Clark or Daniel Boone, to the vast number of cave tours full of suspense and wonder, history and education, awe inspiring sites "down-under," those that make us all seem so small in this wonderful land that we live.
As I grew to adulthood, my adventures took me west to reside in Los Angeles California. After seeing the Painted Dessert of New Mexico (I-70), then on to Flagstaff AZ and the view of the Grand Canyon, my list of "things to do before I die" grew to a point where I wondered if I would ever have the chance to experience all that our country has to offer.
I made a good dent in it during my time in California (10 years) from learning to surf in the Pacific Ocean at Zuma Beach, to white water rafting in the mountains of Lake Isabella overlooking Kern County California and my extended vacation in the dessert of Wikeup Az where I once awoke to the site and sound of a wild herd of horses galloping across the horizon, not to mention my vacation with my partner at Yosemite National Forrest. The sites of Angel Falls and lazy drives through the canyons all built up to the joy I felt in my lengthy stay in a rustic cabin. Seeing and experiencing Death Valley, the windmills in the high California Dessert outside Palm Springs, the awe I experienced traveling through the grapevine, “the worlds salad bowl,” and living on the beach in Santa Barbara. These are ALL, just a few of the memories branded in my mind.
Now my life has just eclipsed by half and still, I have not seemed to scratch the surface of all there is to experience up close and personal. My dreams still hold to take an Am-track from Chicago across the northwest, stopping in South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore National Memorial, then through the Rockies, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, stopping FINALLY at Yellowstone National Park, the once in a lifetime MUST SEE!!! Then I want to go on through to Seattle, down the 1 HWY along the Pacific Coast, stopping when I take a notion, to breath in all that those views of the ocean and pristine coastline have to offer.
After enduring the viral assault of the past 8 years, we can all breathe a sigh of relief, (at least for the foreseeable future) that what has been endangered and violated both for our nation and our world, now please, take just a moment on this most important Thanksgiving Day, to be ever so grateful, yet hopeful still, that we still have a chance to repair this ruthless attack on the world around us all.
Your welcome and ....Thank you, for your gracious email of appreciation and let us ALL as United Citizens of this Planet vow NEVER to allow, so called "Conservative Ideology" to pull the wool over our eyes, lull us into false contentment, and be tricked into believing that some certain few, care for anything or anyone but themselves.
N E V E R F O R G E T T H I S T I M E I N O U R H I S T O R Y !!! For the sake of our children and ALL future generations to come, vote to keep America moving in a GREEN and renewable energy ONLY, direction.
Gratitude from Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park
To Kristen Brengel
The Wilderness Society
Thank you so much for your email as we all, as Americans come upon This truly appreciative Thanksgiving Day. We honestly have SO MUCH to be thankful for, to be fortunate enough to live in this great nation of ours.
Originally born in Louisville Kentucky, my first memorable grand scale appreciation of nature comes from my first visit to Mammoth Cave National Park. From the sprawling forests that surround the mouth of the cave that make you feel like you are on expedition with Louis & Clark or Daniel Boone, to the vast number of cave tours full of suspense and wonder, history and education, awe inspiring sites "down-under," those that make us all seem so small in this wonderful land that we live.
As I grew to adulthood, my adventures took me west to reside in Los Angeles California. After seeing the Painted Dessert of New Mexico (I-70), then on to Flagstaff AZ and the view of the Grand Canyon, my list of "things to do before I die" grew to a point where I wondered if I would ever have the chance to experience all that our country has to offer.
I made a good dent in it during my time in California (10 years) from learning to surf in the Pacific Ocean at Zuma Beach, to white water rafting in the mountains of Lake Isabella overlooking Kern County California and my extended vacation in the dessert of Wikeup Az where I once awoke to the site and sound of a wild herd of horses galloping across the horizon, not to mention my vacation with my partner at Yosemite National Forrest. The sites of Angel Falls and lazy drives through the canyons all built up to the joy I felt in my lengthy stay in a rustic cabin. Seeing and experiencing Death Valley, the windmills in the high California Dessert outside Palm Springs, the awe I experienced traveling through the grapevine, “the worlds salad bowl,” and living on the beach in Santa Barbara. These are ALL, just a few of the memories branded in my mind.
Now my life has just eclipsed by half and still, I have not seemed to scratch the surface of all there is to experience up close and personal. My dreams still hold to take an Am-track from Chicago across the northwest, stopping in South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore National Memorial, then through the Rockies, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, stopping FINALLY at Yellowstone National Park, the once in a lifetime MUST SEE!!! Then I want to go on through to Seattle, down the 1 HWY along the Pacific Coast, stopping when I take a notion, to breath in all that those views of the ocean and pristine coastline have to offer.
After enduring the viral assault of the past 8 years, we can all breathe a sigh of relief, (at least for the foreseeable future) that what has been endangered and violated both for our nation and our world, now please, take just a moment on this most important Thanksgiving Day, to be ever so grateful, yet hopeful still, that we still have a chance to repair this ruthless attack on the world around us all.
Your welcome and ....Thank you, for your gracious email of appreciation and let us ALL as United Citizens of this Planet vow NEVER to allow, so called "Conservative Ideology" to pull the wool over our eyes, lull us into false contentment, and be tricked into believing that some certain few, care for anything or anyone but themselves.
N E V E R F O R G E T T H I S T I M E I N O U R H I S T O R Y !!! For the sake of our children and ALL future generations to come, vote to keep America moving in a GREEN and renewable energy ONLY, direction.
Very Sincerely Yours,
Jamie Miller Architect