I spent half the day yesterday at a city park, enjoying some pleasures that are rare for me. When a city park has a dog park I actually get a chance to have quality conversations with local people. Just imagine how rare that is, for a traveler!
All of the trees were leafed out. The variety is almost unbelievable. There was even a sweetgum tree, here in northeastern Oregon. Normally it grows in the southeastern states. It is strange to think that there are many people who take trees like this for granted.
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The leaves of the maple trees look like giant, juicy green, water balloons. Again, you have to contrast that with the uninteresting trees in national forests. One can tire of trees that are nothing but bark and needles.
A traveler is wise to take advantage of cool weather to come down from the mountains and enjoy town-pleasures like this before the low-altitude town becomes a furnace.
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