All I can say to Evelyn Spence is, “Been there …
Done that! NOT doing it anymore, so eat your heart out, babe!”
(HCN, 10/15/07). Your day will come whenever you
get tired of the rocks poking you in the back and the smoke
stinging your eyes. If you have a tent, you have more than we ever
had; our shelter when camping was a tarp tied between two trees!
But after 24 years of growing herbs for the wholesale business,
bending, weeding, planting, and constantly working so hard that
most people, including you, probably can’t even imagine it, I want
to see this great country of ours and sleep in my own bed at night.
We are taking the plunge to “full-timers.” So get over yourself!
And add this to your list: “Yipee-ti-yi-yae!”
Elaine
Welk
Spokane, Washington
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline They’ve earned it.
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