Praise for...

Ice Age Trail marker

On June 21, as a variation on my morning "3 things to be grateful for," I did a 10-day experiment with daily lists of things to praise.  Here's a total list:

1. Praise for my 165K car! (I did see a 200K sticker on a Volvo at Potawatomi SP)
2. Praise for the perfect mushroom growing from a knothole on the horizontal tree on forest floor of the Hemlock trail behind the campground
3. Praise for the Ice Age Trail ... and all who take care of it
4. Praise for Door County Trust and all who take care of the properties
5. Praise for the bay of Sturgeon Bay with its constantly changing moods
6. Praise for the euphoric sunset!
7. Praise for the Wisconsin DNR and updates at Potawatomi SP
8. Praise for ancient cedars growing on raw edge of Niagra Escarpment (on the way to the boat launch)
9. Praise for dad on Father's Day - reporting that he was doing a woodwork project at the mooring workshop
10. Praise for body which can still ride a bike and recover from stomach cramp issues
11. Praise for Hemlock trail at Pot. SP
12. Praise for heavy breathing on bike ride -- total sucking wind
13. Praise for car! 165K - no problems on drive up
14. Praise for updates at SP - new greeter building, new bathrooms, new roads
15. Praise for ancient cedars on way to boat launch
16. Praise for dad and daughter putting kayaks on roof of car
17. Praise for CCL and HDL  texts on Fathers' Day -- HDL's more authentic seeming
18. Praise for not eating lunch and having a car to lay in with hurting stomach
19. Praise for lots of older folks at Pot SP -- riding from SB to Pot. - some organized bike ride
20. Praise for dad -- he's at lunch
21. Praise for the yellow orchids at Toft's point
22. Praise for the NYer - a pile of them to review in the sun
23. Praise for my bike that performed just fine on 23 mile ride
24. Praise for my legs an lungs that powered me
25. Praise for my current viewing area - a dark blue bay, pale clouds in distant, cool air
26. Praise for the variety of landscapes at Toft's point - cedar, pine, lupine, hemlock, shoreline rock
27. Praise for great piney smell on the trail
28. Praise for the shrieking seagulls and the white pelican coming in for a landing
29. Praise for roadside orchids along Ridges Road
30. Praise for striped coral root - a parasitic orchid?!
31. Praise for the excitement about a dead leaf in bathroom at Alice good that turend out to be a paper towl
32. Praise for stained asphalt on highway leading to a corpse twisted round tube... which turned out to be a roll of sod
33. Praise for the afternoon half moon descending into the lake
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