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June 28, 2009

Baby, You Have To Leave This Town.

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Last week we went flying on an airplane to Boulder, CO,

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we had a party to get to.

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But when we returned home,

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someone had cut down four trees in the garden!

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They told us that it was to help the big, old, sick tree in the center of the garden get more water.

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It’s just the way it goes, they said.

It kind of reminded me of the airline industry…

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but even though air travel is a huge polluter,

it’s so much more convenient.

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…and, if we did anything else, it would be like going back in time.

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might not be all bad…

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…traveling can be an art.

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When we got home

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your letter was waiting.

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We miss you.

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and your stuff.

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Lately, we’ve been packing up all our stuff…

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because we are moving to a new place.

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but it’s not ready for us yet.

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So we have made some plans…

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that will allow us to get to all our family reunions

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and still see you!

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I told my mom on the phone today that we were planning on taking the train,

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And she told us no, that we couldn’t.

“It will be too hard for you.”

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But we are already good travelers.

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Mom, I want to you to know that

to fly, we would be putting .26 tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere;

to train, it’s .056 tonnes of C02 – five times less.

These numbers really do impact our lives.

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Our decisions effect the health of the planet.

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We need to start learning how to travel light.

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We can break the mold that says it’s all got to be about the destination…

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And we won’t even get our liquids thrown in the garbage if we forget to take them

out of our bag before going through security.

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(at least it was not a complete waste…)

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We won’t make it to every place that we wanted at every appointed time,

but eventually, we will see every one. (we hope)

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And collect some valuable stories

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(and treasures!)

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along the way.

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Then we will turn back for home…

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to stay for awhile

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with all of our stories in our pockets.

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LVEO. peace.

~The Smiths

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See you soon!

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