What we called fabrique ( fab-reek) creek was actually a concrete drainage canal that went on for miles. The sides of it were a bit higher than we were tall. When it was dry Michelle and I would go exploring in it as if it were a cave. We knew that we were pushing our boundry line of where we could go, but actually we were right on the edge of that street we weren't suppose to go past. We chose not to disclose our explorations, not because we thought we would get in trouble, but because we would have been told not to go there anymore. This don't ask don't tell policy still let us explore and not be disobeying!!
We had such fun doing this. I don'tknow what in the world we thought we might discover, but you never know, there just might be something interesting just around the next corner. Our sister Kathy did not join us on these expeditions, but sometimes the two girls next door would come too.
I don't know how many miles that "creek" was, but it was quite a distance. We never did reach an end to it before deciding we had already come too far and had better head back the other way.
We felt like Lewis and Clark must have felt when they went exploring! lol
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I also had a place like, although mine was a a creek & it had water running in it. I used to break off sticks..place them in the water & have "boat" races.
ReplyDeleteThe world is a huge place when you're a kid, huh?
ReplyDeleteYes it is!
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