An 8 year old's letter about camping . . .

Play "push my buttons"....that is wonderful!! This kid's parents are definitely raising a smart and imaginative kid! DH said he is going to print that list so he can follow it every time we go trailering. :-)

BTW, we have grandbaby #1 due in less than 2 months and I have already told the parents (daughter & son-in-law) that as soon as the baby is sleeping through the night that we are taking it (gender unknown on purpose) camping. I hope the grandbaby makes a list as wonderful as that.

"...look for shark teeth and bones....read books... play with bugs..." YAY! There's hope for the younger generation after all! ;)

Jim, "Mo' coffee!"

Here is another view from a child's perspective. been posted before but I think it is time to post again.
After Christmas, a teacher asked her young students how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the following:

We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Arizona. Now they live in a house that looks like a camper and they have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because they don't know who they are anymore.

They go to a building called a wrecked center, but they must have got it fixed because it is okay now, and they do exercises there, but they don't do them very well.

There is a swimming pool too but they don't swim. They all get in and jump up and down with hats on. At their gate there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out and they go cruising in their golf carts.

Nobody cooks, they just eat out. They eat the same thing every night: Early Birds. Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll house. So the ones that do get out, they bring food back to the wrecked center and call it Pot Luck.

My Grandma says that Grandpa worked hard all his life to earn his retardment and she says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday too. When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out so they can visit their grandkids!

tomkaren13 wrote:

Turbo Diesel Dude wrote:
My DW doesn't seem to be in it too much any longer. I have a 34 ft 2013 with three slides and she doesn't seem to have any interest at all. She keeps telling me I'm not healthy enough just because I have A-Fib and a couple of other ailments that I manage to be living with.

Feel bad for you. My DH also has A-Fib and other ailments and we can't wait to go camping. Next is a shrot trip of 10 miles to Rainbow River on the 17th.

Love Rainbow River! I wish I was closer!

Turbo Diesel Dude wrote:
My DW doesn't seem to be in it too much any longer. I have a 34 ft 2013 with three slides and she doesn't seem to have any interest at all. She keeps telling me I'm not healthy enough just because I have A-Fib and a couple of other ailments that I manage to be living with.

Feel bad for you. My DH also has A-Fib and other ailments and we can't wait to go camping. Next is a shrot trip of 10 miles to Rainbow River on the 17th.

Sounds like the perfect vacation to me!

My DW doesn't seem to be in it too much any longer. I have a 34 ft 2013 with three slides and she doesn't seem to have any interest at all. She keeps telling me I'm not healthy enough just because I have A-Fib and a couple of other ailments that I manage to be living with.

We have taken all the kids and grand kids. Some love camping, some just like camping and some just like to be with the grand parents. One of our grand daughters that liked to come with us bought a TT last year. She wants us to come with her and her husband and their two kids to show us how mush fun a 3 and 5 year old have camping.

Pretty cute. Don't push my buttons!