I'm going to write about De Haro before I sleep. Now, this sim is an old one, and although I didn't visit it today, I certainly have it in my thoughts. Part of it is a Linden campground, which is rarer a sight in SL than you might expect. Don't get me wrong, I love the creative chaos that's such an essential part of SL, but I also like the realistic aspects that come with recreating wilderness — the area around Waterhead being a sort of more recent renewal of this, at least before so many residents moved in to shape the land to their whims — and it makes me think of when I was young and camping. Sometimes I'd camp with my little brother outside, just in the backyard, but we were still scared at night and brought plenty of snacks and flashlight batteries.
I hadn't ever actually visited the De Haro site until later in my Second Life, which is not at all an odd oversight for me since I tend to miss the obvious. I think the first time I ever came was with Oz (Spade) and I took to looking at the fine Linden content which still held up over time: I wish there were more resident-built log cabins and tents. There's a stage in the water as well as sort of a campfire area with log-seats, and I'd like to see both of these put more to use.
I used to hear stories of the olden days of yore, when SL wasn't up 24/7 and logging out was equivalent to death for the night because you couldn't get back in until the next morn. But if you stayed, you stayed, and many good stories were shared around the campfires.?I enjoy hearing stories passed down from generation to generation, even if they are embellished and flexed a little to the gentle kneading of the master storyteller at hand. My biological father was such a person.
Now my Yyys turn to Zzzs, and so I wish you… goodnight.
I'm sure there's many more stories to come.