Be Bewildered No More
My kids are tremendous Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett fans. They even have the “gear”: coonskin caps, Kentucky rifles (toy, but they look real), and various Indian paraphernalia. 
They are also in the process of collecting each and every one of the old television series from the 50s and 60s. Funny! They love Boone and Crockett because they were such rugged frontiersmen. You know– all that exploration in the frontier wilderness, eating squirrels, quoting the Bible, and defending the Constitution!
We were joking recently about something Daniel Boone once said. He was an old man, sitting for a portrait for which posterity to remember him. The artist painting the portrait, a young man named Chester Harding, chatted on and off with the aged legend of old. (Harding’s painting is the only live portrait of Boone, by the way!) The young man asked, “Tell me, Mr. Boone, have you ever been lost?” Mr. Boone reportedly scratched his head and answered with his customary drawl, “Well, no, I can’t say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.”
For some strange and utterly uncalled for reason, every time the children and I go out for a drive in the Adirondacks, they bring that little story up. I wonder why! Ha! Maybe it is because I get lost sometimes? I’m always checking out the weekly specials at Buy.com, and came across this gorgeous little gadget. 
It’s a Garmin StreetPilot GPS Navigation System! Isn’t it the cutest little thing! Buy.com always has such great deals– this is a whopping 64% off right now. Mother’s Day is right around the corner. Maybe I should drop some hints. Well, the kids read my blog, so WINK WINK, KIDS! Shipping is freeeeee!
Just think– if I get this, I’ll never have to hear how Daniel Boone was “bewildered” for three days, again and again! Although, it’s become a family running gag now. Maybe I could name my new little GPS System “Dan’l Boone,” in honor of the old guy.
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