The Rivers Edge
The River's Edge
I love to explore the river, when I feel the pull of society becoming too strong I will pull my fishing pole and tackle box from the storage room and with a sandwich and extra water I make my way to the river's edge. The river welcomes me with her usual scent and shimmering ripples. I began to love the river as a very young child. In the summertime we would spend weeks or even months at the river's edge fishing, gathering firewood and bait.
The first day on the river was always spent setting up camp. We did not have a tent so what is called a lean-to would be built for our parents and the babies. We got to sleep under the stars. This shelter was made up of a piece of heavy gauged plastic used in the coal mines as a curtain to separate sections, some nylon rope and a couple of heavy six-foot limbs we would always cut from and innocent tree. The plastic would be driven into the ground with a couple of makeshift stakes on the two back corners while the......
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