Best camping memories
On the flip side of the post about camping altercations, what are some of your most fond memories from camping? There are too many to count really, but here are a few: My oldest son learned how t...
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Boat Launch Story from 2010
I went camping at Loon Lake's Robertson park this Saturday with my friends Marcus, Shawn and Lisa. We were setting at the campground where you can see the boat launch. All of a sudden Shawn says, "What's this guy doing?". We look at the boat launch and see a bigger SUV backing down the ramp by itself and going out into the water. It gets all the way in to the lake to the point where you could not see the wheels and the water was half way up the doors before it stops. I see the driver suddenly stand up out of the lake near the dock and I breath a sigh of relief because he did not run himself over. Marcus says, "Well, he is going to need a tow out of there" so we start hunting up chains while Marcus rides his bike down there to check on him. Before Marcus get there the man gets in the truck Which Is Still Running!! and drives it out of the lake. I though for sure the engine would have died when it was that deep in the water. When Marcus gets there he opens up the doors and the water just floods out of the truck. lol. Marcus had to jump back to keep his feet from getting wet. lol Shawn had rode a bike down there by this time too and they helped the man load his boat back up on the trailer. After Marcus got back to where we were he told us that the man , after launching his boat, was afraid it was going to drift away so he jumped out of the truck forgetting to put the truck in park. He almost, but not quite, ran himself over as the truck backed itself into the lake. The truck did hit him some and tore a great big chunk of skin off of his elbow. They offered him a ride to the hospital but, he declined . I hope he is OK. But, it was kinda funny to watch. I'm sorry he got hurt but, it's not every day you see someone back there truck and boat trailer all the way out into the lake like that. lol
I went camping at Loon Lake's Robertson park this Saturday with my friends Marcus, Shawn and Lisa. We were setting at the campground where you can see the boat launch. All of a sudden Shawn says, "What's this guy doing?". We look at the boat launch and see a bigger SUV backing down the ramp by itself and going out into the water. It gets all the way in to the lake to the point where you could not see the wheels and the water was half way up the doors before it stops. I see the driver suddenly stand up out of the lake near the dock and I breath a sigh of relief because he did not run himself over. Marcus says, "Well, he is going to need a tow out of there" so we start hunting up chains while Marcus rides his bike down there to check on him. Before Marcus get there the man gets in the truck Which Is Still Running!! and drives it out of the lake. I though for sure the engine would have died when it was that deep in the water. When Marcus gets there he opens up the doors and the water just floods out of the truck. lol. Marcus had to jump back to keep his feet from getting wet. lol Shawn had rode a bike down there by this time too and they helped the man load his boat back up on the trailer. After Marcus got back to where we were he told us that the man , after launching his boat, was afraid it was going to drift away so he jumped out of the truck forgetting to put the truck in park. He almost, but not quite, ran himself over as the truck backed itself into the lake. The truck did hit him some and tore a great big chunk of skin off of his elbow. They offered him a ride to the hospital but, he declined . I hope he is OK. But, it was kinda funny to watch. I'm sorry he got hurt but, it's not every day you see someone back there truck and boat trailer all the way out into the lake like that. lol
