We are now officially in Spring…so says the calendar but not necessarily the weather. The word April came from Latin ‘Aprilis’ which may be related to the Latin verb ‘aperire’ meaning ‘to open‘ because April opened buds of flowers and leaves of trees.

And we are opening our camping season! Going to Twin Falls Oregon Trails campground April 8-12… our first Campout of the year!

April 1 is April Fool’s Day, April 22 is Earth Day and the whole month is dedicated to Autism Awareness. Autism is something 1 in 36 people are born with; boys 5 times more than girls. Autism cannot be outgrown; some people with autism are better than average at some things. Although Autism is a inherited disorder, it is a spectrum, comes in any forms and no one specific thing has been found to be the cause.

More facts about April:

• 1578 The fact that blood circulated in the body was discovered.
• 1766 A fire escape was patented…a wicker basket on a pulley with a chain.
• 1825 World time zones were standardized.
• 1828 Webster publisher his first dictionary.
• 1830 Motion photography was patented.
• 1849 The safety pin was patented.
• 1860 Kellogg brothers developed the process of making flaked cereal.
• 1867 Wilbur and Orville Wright patented their ‘flying machine’.
• 1869 The roller skate was invented.
• 1877 Ole Evinrude invented the outboard machine engine.
• 1892 The ironing board was patented…by a woman.
• 1914 Justin Wilson invented Wise Potato Chips.
• 1928 DNA was discovered.

April is not just for fools, jokes and pranks but has been the beginning of many successful achievements. Let’s make this month’s camping outing the beginning of many successful outings for Time To Travel.

Happy Camping! Suzanne