@Coyotedave611: I spent a lot of time sitting with the adults and being quiet. A game was a nice touch! Not something I got to do much of. Usually all I had was a notebook to write in or color in. I guess at home I was the outdoorsy type if you consider hanging out on my front porch watching traffic and collecting rocks from the alley behind my house very adventurous.

@TwiddlerOfThumbs: Lol, of course collecting rocks in an alley behind your house qualifies as "adventurous"...my dad called us "pebble puppies" as we collected semi-precious gems around old mining sites...I still have a big sack of opals which are becoming fairly rare.😀

@Coyotedave611: That is really cool! I used to collect agates from the beaches we would visit on my dads semi monthly weekend drives to the coast for coffee trips. But I never got to keep them. Dad would usually toss them as soon as we were home. But, now I do know there is a yard in Idaho filled with agates. Some other little kids treasures maybe.

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