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paulbeauchemin
Sep 03, 2017Explorer
Remember when I was young in the 1960's my parents and my moms sister and her husband - Uncle Bob would take us camping every summer. I was the oldest of 8 and there were 5 cousins in the other family.
We had big military style canvass tents that were heavy to put up. I remember one trip that it rained all week. When we arrived it was raining and Uncle Bob would not get out of the car to set up the tent. Just sat there while my parent and Aunt set the tents up.
Since there were several babies and no disposable diapers, the tents were full of stinky cloth diapers. I can still smell them since with the rain we were stuck inside a lot. My mom never went camping again.
Recently wife and I bought a 5th wheel. First time out we found a spot not quite level and sloping away from the truck.
In my haste to set up I go to release the hitch while my wife is in the bed of the truck removing the cables. Well...I didn't put the chocks down and I watched in horror as the trailer rolled back crushing the back of my new pickup and fearing my wife would die. Fortunately, the trailer stopped moving before it left the truck rails, so I only lost some money
We had big military style canvass tents that were heavy to put up. I remember one trip that it rained all week. When we arrived it was raining and Uncle Bob would not get out of the car to set up the tent. Just sat there while my parent and Aunt set the tents up.
Since there were several babies and no disposable diapers, the tents were full of stinky cloth diapers. I can still smell them since with the rain we were stuck inside a lot. My mom never went camping again.
Recently wife and I bought a 5th wheel. First time out we found a spot not quite level and sloping away from the truck.
In my haste to set up I go to release the hitch while my wife is in the bed of the truck removing the cables. Well...I didn't put the chocks down and I watched in horror as the trailer rolled back crushing the back of my new pickup and fearing my wife would die. Fortunately, the trailer stopped moving before it left the truck rails, so I only lost some money
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