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Deb_and_Ed_M
Dec 03, 2017Explorer II
I don't recall a "worst" - but certainly remember the "most different". I had booked a private campground for our extended family, so we could all go kayaking. The campground had been recommended by a friend who had camped there a few times with her church group, and they always had a wonderful time.
Welllll, between my friend's last trip and our arrival, the camp had been sold to a new group, supporting the Medical Marijuana users - its new nickname was "Cannabis Camp". The good? Everyone was super-friendly :-) and we had live music all day long and late into the night - since we don't mind the Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, etc we were OK with that. The not-so-good: zero maintenance had been done since the change in ownership. Our picnic-table-pavilion had a wasp nest larger than a football in the rafters. And the kayak trip, which was supposed to be a 2-hour beginner-level trip, turned into a 5 hour obstacle course, starting with the drop-off point which entailed about a 200' slog through thigh-deep muck. Oh yeah - and after that trip, you were treated to an ice-cold shower, because nobody had hooked up the new water heater.
Funniest moment: when my 5 yr old granddaughter asked her mom "Why is everyone wearing shirts with leaves on them?" and my daughter didn't miss a beat: "They're Canadian, honey" (my apologies to our Canadian members, some day we'll tell her the truth - that your maple leaves are red)
Welllll, between my friend's last trip and our arrival, the camp had been sold to a new group, supporting the Medical Marijuana users - its new nickname was "Cannabis Camp". The good? Everyone was super-friendly :-) and we had live music all day long and late into the night - since we don't mind the Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, etc we were OK with that. The not-so-good: zero maintenance had been done since the change in ownership. Our picnic-table-pavilion had a wasp nest larger than a football in the rafters. And the kayak trip, which was supposed to be a 2-hour beginner-level trip, turned into a 5 hour obstacle course, starting with the drop-off point which entailed about a 200' slog through thigh-deep muck. Oh yeah - and after that trip, you were treated to an ice-cold shower, because nobody had hooked up the new water heater.
Funniest moment: when my 5 yr old granddaughter asked her mom "Why is everyone wearing shirts with leaves on them?" and my daughter didn't miss a beat: "They're Canadian, honey" (my apologies to our Canadian members, some day we'll tell her the truth - that your maple leaves are red)
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