At the ____1____ of Palo Duro Canyon(峡谷) State Park____2____ a job advertisement hiring park hosts.The position offered a ____3____,permanent campsite in the park,and ____4____,the hosts served as a link between the park's guests and the rangers(护林人).It was the perfect solution:a rentfree place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an ____5____ for the following day.____6____,so it took us some time to find an available site.That evening,as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks(臭鼬)walking toward our table.We ____7____ climbed onto the table andfour hours,waited for them to ____8____ our camp.
Having survived that night,we were ____9____ that everything else would be all right.The next day we met with the people who ran the park.They explained our ____10____ and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening,____11____,we learned about the canyon ____12____. They were strong and cold,rocking our little camping truck violently,and we lay ____13____ in the dark until the winds died away.
14____ the weeks that followed,we learned to survive in our truck and ____15____ the little money my wife ____16____ by substitute teaching.Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful ____17____.For a time after our business ____18____ I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny ____19____ with no television,we sat close together reading and talking.One evening,standing under a jeweled sky,I found myself ____20____ for all the hardships.We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
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