#49 - Swings!

At the Playground

​I don't remember when I learned how to pump, but I know it was a lot more fun than being pushed.  I  grabbed a swing yesterday and had a little fun at the park.

I thought about Kindergarten in Grinnell, Iowa while I did a little swinging. I turned 6 in that spring of 1963. I remember the playground swings and how we raced to grab a free one.

Going High

I was surprised at how much fun I had on the swing. It felt pretty darn fun using my arms and legs, leaning and pushing through the air. But, there is no way to match the exhilaration I remember of flying through the air, when I was 6. They hang those darn seats on short little chains, now. There's no way to get way up high.

​Or did I just grow up?