Back about 68 we were camped at a COE CG on Lake Greeson in Arkansas. An afternoon thunderstorm came up.
Helped Dad put the boat on the trailer - he was paranoid about it getting damaged by the rocky short lines.
When we drove back to the campsite from the boat ramp, Mom had all the other kids in the car, our stuff was scattered everywhere.
And people were trying to help the folks in the next campsite get out of their car where a 18 inch diameter tree fell on the car - luckly right between the seats. No one hurt, but the car was a total mess.
We never found a couple of the cots us kids had slept in. Several folks insisted a small tornado came over the point where we were camped.
Yes, back then no-one had a trailer, maybe a couple pickup campers. We slept outdoors on cots with a thin sheet to protect us from mosquitoes, or a sheet of plastic if it was raining. Didn't get a tent until 1969.
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mabynack - Thank you for your service. My son said the same thing.
Lebanon in the 80s wasn't much fun in tents for me either, nor Vietnam. All the danged snakes.
