The hole in the fence was irresistible to an 8 year old boy with the early signs of testosterone poisoning. It was forbidden fruit. It was a grand adventure. It was such a quest, I was afraid to tell my friends about it… so, I always went in alone. Growing up in Central Florida during the start of the Space Age was a life-shaping event. The hole in the fence was the perimeter surrounding the Air Force base. I made many clandestine trips through that hole and into the slash pine and palmetto woods. There were the animal...more
