Several days ago I walked out my front door and thought, hey it kind of smells like spring is on the way. Then I slipped on some ice and my son threw a snowball at me. I think that people who claim to enjoy winter are lying. There is nothing enjoy about not wanting to leave your house for three months straight. Even sledding gets old.
We really are getting close to warmer weather, believe it or not. To celebrate that fact, here is my list of the ten best things about Spring.
10. Flowers. Spring brings all kinds of flowers, and you don’t even have to water them.
9. The days get longer. Not only is winter cold, it also insults you with prolonged darkness.
8. When you visit the city in the spring, it still smells ok. Later in the summer you have to deal with the potpourri of trash, urine, and people.
7. Baby animals.
6. Baseball.
5. That feeling when the sun warms up your car. The thermostat in my Jeep is busted, so all winter I drive around with virtually no heat.
4. Backpacking. This spring my dad and I will be taking my five year old on his first backpacking trip. We’re going to do an eight mile overnight hike. I just hope I don’t end up carrying him for six miles.
3. I can ditch my jacket. I hate feeling like I’m putting on a space suit just to leave my house. Oh yeah, and I also don’t like tying shoes, so out come the Reef sandals. My wife says I’m the five year old in the house.
2. The trees have leaves again. That means no more free shows for the neighbors when I walk around in my underoos.
1. Summer is next.
LINKS
- This video of a sinkhole swallowing two people on a sidewalk in Seoul is both hilarious and terrifying.
- Because Humphrey Bogart is awesome.
- We are approaching road trip season. Here is a site with routes, so you can build your own adventure.
- Here are the winners of the 2014 National Geographic Travelers Photo Contest.
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