Milton-Freewater - Everywhere A Frog

"I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full." -Lord Dunsany

On the road fom Pendleton OR to Walla Walla, WA

there were clouds, rain, and sky
blissfully empty highways to coast on
then up popped the frogs

So I went home from vacation wondering why were there frogs inhabiting the streets of Milton-Freewater Oregon???

From their town website www.mfchamber.com:

The Legend of Muddy-Frogwater
How did it all begin?

It began innocently enough.   It was the early 1970's and a group of good friends in high school and from the nearby town of Weston were hanging out and having a good time.  As is always the case with close friends, good-natured teasing happens a lot.  Before long, the Westonite friend started poking fun at their city name and "Milton-Freewater" became "Muddy Frogwater".

One fateful night settled the destiny of "Muddy-Frogwater" and perhaps saved the town festival.  The group decided it was time the new town name became official, since so many folks were using it anyway.  Late one evening, Raymond, Seymour and Juice sneaked to the edge of town and painted "Muddy-Frogwater" over the "Welcome to Milton-Freewater" sign in one of the first recorded instances of graffiti the town had known.

It didn't take long to decide that the new town festival would henceforth be called "The Muddy-Frogwater Festival".  And thus the legendary festival was born!

* Names have been changed to protect the [not so] innocent.

Right now, I am thinking of the opening line from the classic TV cop show Naked City that went something like this:

"There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them."

There just must be so many more magical stories around the curves in the road . . .

May you enjoy the journey and the blessings it brings