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We Could Go Around It……

But that just wouldn’t be any fun, now would it? After looking at some recent photos, I was struck by the inherent tendency of the male of the species to be drawn towards dirt. We have all raised enough kids to know that if you release one (at least the “boy” kind) into the great outdoors, even if they can barely walk, they will make a bee-line towards the nearest mud puddle. It’s genetic, I guess. Mothers hate it, they scold and lecture and struggle against it, but they can’t really change it. Dad’s have to pretend that they side with the Mom’s in this eternal battle, but secretly they want to run through that puddle right alongside the kid, and maybe try to splash some mud on him in the process.

It has to be a challenge for all those “new age” Mom’s that hover over their offspring with a box of sterile wipes (they’re called “Helicopter Moms, you know) eager to form an anti-bacterial barrier between their little rug rat and the world he wants to live in. It’s a lost cause, I assure you. Soon enough that little guy’s legs will grow stronger, his spirit of adventure will take control, and he will be out of range of even the most powerful disinfectant.

“Maybe he’ll grow out of it”, they hopefully think, but that has not been my observation. What actually happens is that they will continue their instinctive quest for dirt into adulthood, they just keep bringing along bigger and bigger toys. They are gonna’ take that back road instead of the freeway, they are gonna’ notice that bunch of trucks back by the woods, and they are gonna’ turn back that old lane to see what’s going on, just like I did.

We offer these few photos as Exhibits A through whatever, as evidence to support our theory of how it all progresses. (click individual photos to enlarge)

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