Honestly, I never thought I'd miss my hometown. I hated it growing up. There was "nothing to do" and "nobody to hang out with" but now I miss it.

I miss the park with all the trails and the river and the waterfall. I definitely miss watching people jump off the waterfall. Whoever did backflips off the waterfall on the regular - I admire your courage because I was too chicken to ever even jump off. Honestly. The trails were so cool. Getting to walk through nature and not really be too concerned about where you're going (shout out to the relatively recent maps available around town and the ones posted on the trails!) was honestly so much fun. Ramsey was the greatest. I miss the beauty of the park in the fall, when all the leaves fall to the ground and you can see the deer in the woods. Don't even get me started on Ramsey in the winter. All the snow everywhere and the little animal prints in the snow. I miss Ramsey park. I miss every aspect of it. It was my place in town and I hate not being able to walk there whenever I want to.

I really miss Perk's Park too. You know the one. With the old Army Tank by the lake. I can't tell you how many times I went and sat there just to clear my head and think. It was beautiful. Like I was detached from the rest of the city. I miss that feeling so much. I hated that so many people put trash in the tank though. I just can't understand that disrespect. But whatever. Even with the trash inside, it was so incredible sitting up there.

I think I miss Dari King the most though. Honestly it's just not the same here. I say Dari King and everyone think's I've completely lost it and am severely screwing up "Dairy Queen." It's the worst, honestly. Like. No, I did not screw up that badly, thanks for thinking I'm stupid though, pal. I worked at Dari King for four years and met some of the absolute greatest people there! Not being able to go back this year was honestly so awful.

I really truly and honestly never thought that I would miss Redwood. I thought maybe a few people but I honestly miss the city as a whole. I love living away for school, it's great, but Redwood has something about it that you can never forget.