What is Maura doing? She must be looking for those fabled raisinettes. Maura loves raisinettes.
No raisinettes anywhere to be seen. But Maura did like the attention she got.Little Maura looked forward to this very exciting weekend! This was a weekend where she would get to go upstate to the Catskills mountain with her mom and uncle! Maura loved road trips. She loved to stare outside the window and see everything around her. She knew she was only on this earth for a short time, and she was going to make the most of her time here.
The further we got from New York City, the more rustic the environment became. All these farmhouses and little garden plots. Very quaint.
Maura especially liked the changing colors of the foliage.
Maura was not an avid hiker, but she definitely was a good backpack passenger. She would sit in her mom's backpack, with her head sticking out. Maura liked the view from high above.
Maura did like the company of her uncle. After all, it was in his luggage that she stowed away to come to New York to be with her mom.
But most of all, Maura simply enjoyed the company of her mom and uncle. Back at the apartment, she and her turtle friend were happy but generally lonely especially while her mom was at work. She never imagined how it could be lonely in such a big city with so many people. But now she understood that she was a duckie in a city of people. Of course it would be lonely. She cherished her every moment that she had with her mom, her mom's friends, and her uncle. Her mom would try to find other ducks who she could talk to about shared experiences. Ducks are in short supply in Manhattan. Most of them live in New Jersey or Long Island. Maura also missed her grandma and grampa very much. It would only be a matter of time before Maura would have to return to San Francisco.
