Long May You Run

My kids on Bascom Hill

Library Mall

Marsh along Lakeshore Path

This was a pretty incredible weekend weatherwise. When I saw the prediction, I told the kids I wanted to go to some sort of state park and maybe even camp. They thought we needed to put more time into planning a camping trip and then couldn't agree on a destination for a day trip. So when we got up yesterday, and my son suggested we have a Madison adventure downtown, we agreed that was a capitol idea. The photos prove it!

Education Building

I heard this song today on the way to my son's soccer game in Marshall, which was especially fitting because I snuck in a run during his warm-up period, and it turned out to be a beautiful spot: Goose Lake Wildlife Area.

We've been through
Some things together
With trunks of memories
Still to come
We found things to do
In stormy weather
Long may you run.

Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes
Have come
With your chrome heart shining
In the sun
Long may you run.

Well, it was
Back in Blind River in 1962
When I last saw you alive
But we missed that shift
On the long decline
Long may you run.

Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes
Have come
With your chrome heart shining
In the sun
Long may you run.

Maybe The Beach Boys
Have got you now
With those waves
Singing "Caroline No"
Rollin' down
That empty ocean road
Gettin' to the surf on time.

I love me some Neil Young. And as my kids and I strolled around downtown Madison this weekend, I thought how long my run has been to this point, both on this Earth and as their mother. And I couldn't help but join Neil and his buddy Stephen in wishing this for my babes who are growing up so fast:

Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes
Have come
With your chrome heart shining
In the sun
Long may you run.