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Arbor Exhilaration

The birth of a park

Welcoming the new day, Sandford stood on the rim of the escarpment watching the sun rise. Taking in the energy of the sun, he opened himself to all the joy a new day can bring. He vowed not to resist that joy in any way.

After he was done with his morning ritual Sandford walked back to his jeep. Driving back into town he mentally reaffirmed his intentions of having a joyous day then he pulled out his smartphone and called his favorite Mexican restaurant and ordered eleven breakfast burritos.

With a cardboard box full of burritos sitting on the passenger seat of his jeep, he pulled into the site and parked near the large flatbed truck loaded with trees. “Breakfast burritos for everyone!” He yelled out to the eleven workmen. (Actually, the crew consisted of seven workmen and four workwomen.) Setting the burritos on the hood of his jeep, he then went to inspect the trees.

The site was a narrow eight acre parcel of land bounded on one side by State Highway 78 and the other side by a small creek. The site used to feature a night club and parking lot but the night club had burned to the ground the previous year. Sandford had learned that an out-of-town business was planning on buying the property, razing the remains of the night club and building a strip mall. So he quickly bought the property before anyone…