Tag: Camping
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Bacon and Eggs
Dick was the Page County Deputy Sheriff, future Sheriff and future Chief of Police. He is one of the nicest guys in the world. Great sense of humor, friendly, outgoing. He speaks with what I would consider a southern accent, but he was born and raised in the Midwest. His laugh is unmistakable. Dick was…
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Camping: Part 3
The Early Years I would never have thought waves on a lake could be so high. The wind was relentless, 3 feet forward, 4 feet back. The ballast in the canoe was not set correctly. The canoe continued to pull to the right with or without the wind. We were in the middle of a…
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Camping: Part 2
The Teenage Years As a reminder, I am working backwards in time for my posts about camping. For my last post, I described my current camping adventures in Colorado. This time I will focus on camping during the teen years. My family continued to camp up until about the time my brother and I discovered…
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Camping: Part 1
Rocky Mountain Camping I enjoy camping. At age 67, I still camp. My infatuation began when I was a kid. Our earliest family vacations used to be tent camping. What a blast! We had crappy air mattresses to lay on and they would never stay inflated. I can still remember dad cursing in the middle…
My View from 1958 