[imcarthur]

Camping + kids = a good time

However . . .

Our last camping trip ( and yes it was the LAST) was one from hell. It rained the entire time. We arrived at our site (in the rain) & as I was setting up, I realized that I had forgotten the tent poles. Since it was a 3 1/2 hr one-way drive to get them, we went to the local town & bought a new tent. We set it up (in the rain) & we put a large plastic tarp from tree to tree for a dry area.

That night, sitting around the old campfire (in the rain) a lawn chair collapsed. Then the propane lamp self-destructed. We gave up & hit the tent for sleep.

The next morning, it was still raining. We did get a rainy hike in. Then the wind picked up & our tarp was useless. Mid-afternoon, we gave in & packed all of the wet gear into & onto the car (in the rain). On the way out of the park we dumped all of the broken stuff & the old tent in the dumpster.

We have never camped again.

This is a good advertisement for a tent trailer, I think . . .

Ian