City Slickers!!!

I love living out by the country!!! I love the tree's, the lakes, the deer, the people and even the bears. People aren't all congested and crammed into this little area. This makes for happier people! We get to play in the woods, climb mountains, fish streams, swim in the lakes, hike, mountain bike ( a personal favorite ), and....well the list can just go on and on. I have to tell you about one of my favorite things though. I love to hang up my hammock between two trees and just hangout to read or take a short nap. The beautiful thing about the trees is that they are strong enough to hold my not so dainty frame and they really don't mind if I use them, I think that they might even appreciate the company. Apparently the trees in our states fine capitol are a bit more fragile.
So here's what went down. I was spending the day in Sacramento and had a fair amount of down time to spend relaxing so I went to this park with my hammock. You probably already have the rest of the story figured out but please humor me. I walked all over this park and it had at least a hundred squirrels running around the place. There weren't to many great trees for hanging a hammock but I ended up finding a spot that would work. I got all set up and read for a little while and then had to go and put some more money in the meter so I took off across the park to settle up with uncle Sam, you know do my civil duty. I'm not going to try and skip out on my fare share. As I walked back to the hammock there was a fine example of a civil servant there protecting my hammock. I was so impressed that one of our own honorable CHP officers was standing guard at my hammock. "I love this city!" I say to myself.
"Is this yours?" that fine civil servant says to me.
"Yes sir it sure is." I respond with a wide grin.
"You're going to have to take it down."
"Are you kidding?" was the response that I came up with...hindsight being 20/20 and all that I think I could have done better with that one.
" No, I'm not." He then let me know what civil code I was breaking by hanging something from the trees. This guy was great at his job!
"Uh....OK." I really dug deep for that witty response. "I hate the city" I then mumbled under my breath.

Father thank you for being so wise in the invention of the tree. Thank you for blessing me with the appreciation for your creation and for giving me the chance to enjoy what you have created so very often. Father I sincerely thank you for the law enforcement around in this great state and pray for humility and understanding on my part. Thank you for continuing to show me that I don't need to understand everything to accept it. Thank you for the gift of life in your kingdom. AMEN!!!