Next stop: Saguaro NP

   In February, I'm heading to Tucson, Ariz., partly because it is the home of Saguaro National Park, partly because is is the home of my mom. After my dad died in 1996, my mom moved from Wisconsin to Tucson. He was about to retire, and they were going to travel the country, hitting the national parks they hadn't visited yet.  As I sat in the living room of my parents' house listening to the funeral home representative talking about plans for the service, there were brochures for campers sitting on the coffee table. I think about those brochures and plans whenever I start a sentence...

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