When our girls were all still at home, we took some really special vacations. We went to Yellowstone Park, Estes Park, and the Grand Tetons one year. We went to the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984. We made a trip to the D.C. area for the Bicentenial. We visited Civil War battlefields on another trip.
One of the little serendipities/family traditions came from the time in Yellowstone. The girls and I decided to climb a pretty steep hill. It was an exhilarating achievement for us to reach the top. To mark our accomplishment, we decided to place a penny on little ledge in a position it would not likely be found easily. We dubbed our landmark “Penny Rock Peak.” My oldest called the hiding place of the penny “Lincoln Ledge.” We enjoyed that so much that we made a point to find a Penny Rock Peak wherever we visited. There are Lincoln Ledges in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, The Joshua Tree National Park in the Mojave Desert, Trafalgar Falls in Dominica, and Red River, New Mexico.
We saw lots of awesome events, historical sights and memorials. But Penny Rock Peaks have a place among our favorite moments.
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