HISTORICAL FATHER’S DAYS 2026

Historical Father’s Days in the olde country where I watched my children roam like Vikings conquering a new land.

Corfe Castle fell to my marauders.

The locals didn’t like our style of exploration.

The walkway through the ruins led to more investigation off the path.

“How would you like it if we went to your country and climbed on the Jefferson monument?”

“If it was in ruins like this it sounds fun.”

Things changed when we got to Hay Tor.

Did they need an over-protective nanny-man climbing the cliffs with them?

Nooooo.

I took this shot from a distance while whispering to myself, ‘Back off the edge. Take your hands out of your pocket in case you slip and need to catch yourself.’

I saw them differently while they were out there.

The kids would be alright.

 

 

Wife: Do you think it’s safe out there?

Me: No.

Wife: What should we do?

Me: Hope they know not to screw up and take a dive.

Wife: It feels like they’re growing up right in front of us.

Me: They are.

Wife: Do you think they’ll appreciate this when they’re older?

Me: I know I will.

 

Climbing Stonehenge

Today is the longest day of the year, and Father’s Day. 

It’s when the sun lines up with Stonehenge one of two times a year.

This picture shows two sons lining up with Stonehenge.

 

I didn’t get to see my dad during his foreign travels.

He went with a different group of guys.

With my kids, they get to see the challenges, the wins, the losses, and all with a little fun mixed in, like me driving around England.

Did we chip off a chunk of Stonehenge to take home?

Noooo, but the lady in charge said you could rent a stone hammer in the past, but not anymore.

What makes for a historical Father’s Day?

It’s that paternal feeling when the kids are fathers themselves and doing it right.

 

PS:

Is being a father the hardest thing to do?

 

PSS: 

It’s a lifestyle choice, like so many hard things. You could be doing something else.

Choose wisely.

 

1960

My thirty year old Dad and family at college graduation.

 

 

1991

Thirty-nine year old dad with family at another college graduation.

 

 

Choose wisely and hold on tight.

Happy Father’s Day.