Going camping and fishing with my family is one of the memories that will stay with me my whole life.

I loved to watch my mom and grandma can fruits and vegies as well as make lots of yummy jams and jellies. We had a cellar under the house that was filled with shelves full of good things in jars.

Sleeping out in the yard at night when it was too hot to sleep indoors.

going to Girls Scout Camp. Back then it cost $15 for 10 days. I really loved camp.

Here's one to break the intense heat around here...

I loved wading hip deep in a mountain stream, filled with water that was ice a couple of hours ago, and watching a cutthroat trout rise to my fly presentation. I loved sauteeing said trout in a cast iron skillet with butter, salt, pepper and just a touch of lemon juice.

One of my favorite summers was the one where all my cousins (and there were many; my Dad came from a large and fertile family) and I pooled our resources and bought ten large picnic tables full of big explosive fireworks for the 4th of July. We had the best show in Raytown, Missouri that year. One of my cousins nearly decapitated himself launching a big shell from it's cardboard mortar... but that's another story. Awesome (if expensive) fun.