My Name In Lights (maybe)...

   OK, they talked me into it. Starting next week, I'm gonna show everything I have in my backpack and tell where I got it. So all you other Wilderness Protectors out there can maybe ask for some of it yourselves this Christmas. I don't know about you, but whenever I ask for something special, I need to come up with a good reason to have it.

   Then (on account of my mom works and everything) I have to find out where to get one at the best price (on account of she's not made of money, either). Man -- I used to spend a way lot of time trying to find out about things. Then I found this place online that actually does the looking for me. They even tell you where to get it used, if you only want to pay a little money for it. Which I do, sometimes, if something is way expensive, or I have to come up with the money, myself.

   Like for some of the books I need. What do I care if somebody else read it already? I just want my own personal copy to lug around in my backpack (if it's a field guide), or set up on our  bookshelf over at the Outpost, in case we have to look something up. Like if a queen ant sting is more poison than a regular ant. Stuff like that. And what the heck to do about it instead of run home to your mom every time something like that happens.

   Hey -- we had to have a whole book on first aid just because Buddy gets hurt more than all the rest of us put together. We even had to get an extra box of Band-Aids (the Warner Sisters wrote his name on it), on account of his mom said the next time he tore the bottom off his shirt to use for one, he'd have to clean out the garage. Which is way worse than cleaning up your room -- or even doing dishes for a week -- because it takes practically a whole Saturday to finish something like that. So, we all pitched in.

   Mostly because it would be a bummer spending a whole Saturday in the Parks Wilderness without Buddy. On account of he comes up with the best ideas. Which is why we're going into the backpack business. He figures if we sell enough backpack stuff, we might be able to finance our own documentary show. I don't know about that, but I'm gonna help anyway. On account of they said I could be the star. Heh, heh, heh...

Seriously,

   W.K.

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