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Honestly, I'm trying so hard to be an adult. With three sons 15mos apart, we were outside a lot. Mum told me, for sanity sake, get outdoors and keep them there until they wear each other out. Their sister simply had to keep up. Point being, 25yrs of nature trails not politics, cartoons not current events, etc. has established a lens through which all 'mots' material must pass. Thus your observations are absorbed, yet images hovering in fog soup radar include;

Rio 1 and 2 (crazy monkeys effectively steal 2nd film from the birds)

The Rundown (2003) jungle adventure thriller with Johnson, Scott, Dawson, Walken

Aztec artistry of Cline/Branagh in The Road to El Dorado (2000)

Lara Croft 1 and 2 (2003) Cradle of Life with Gerard Butler alongside Jolie

Sahara with Penelope Cruz and Matthew McC. Pinocchio. Rolie Polie Olie. Dragon Tales. Bednobs+Broomsticks. Not to mention Aesops Fables et al. Lots of -30deg snow days...

With this bevy of 'ECE' books/films/tv mayhem infused into my memory marrow, my maturity level may never rebound! Travel once was my career, and it taught plenty about connection.

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