Next Stop, Anywhere

The height of summer always makes me think back to when I was younger and was obsessed with Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and fantasy in general, but mainly those two. It was also when I thought I'd be a young writer someday, so I took great care in delving my imagination into my favorite works. In so doing, I would think back to being a little kid and hearing stories about magical forests with different areas that led to your favorite worlds. Obviously this was a library, but there's something I find immensely... childlike and fantastic about that. Walking into a deep green forest in June, the sun on your back, and seeing a sign like this up, showing where to go to find your favorite place. And then you'd follow the sign through the forest, and find your very own Hogwarts, or Narnia, or Ghibli Hills. It would be like a nexus of all things good.
I wish I lived up north where green forests like the one I imagined exist, putting up a sign like this, and then just going off to read in different zones of magic. Maybe putting up little things referencing those areas, like Gryffindor seals and elvish writing.
I'm 20 years old and I want a magical forest of all of my favorite things. Is that so much to ask?

I posted this song during my music challenge, but it reminds me of reading my fantasy books during the summer. When I hear it, not only do I imagine a summer night looking at the stars, but also of the Harry riding his broom through the night sky, having his own adventure, or Frodo and Sam beneath a big tree, sleeping.
Summer to me isn't go out and party. It's get out a book and delve into the world created.