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DutchmenSport
Oct 18, 2015Explorer
Well, this topic got interesting to say the least.
Actually, my wife and I have been married for 30 years now. We have 2 kids and 5 grandchildren. After all this time together, sometimes ... we just DON'T have anything to talk about and we're just plain pooped!. Snuggling together for an hour (either inside the camper or outside), holding each other, touching each other, and petting each other's hair while watching a re-run of Star Trek, or Leave-it-to-Beaver, or even Gilligan's Island speaks more words to each other than all the conversation we've ever had combined.
We REALLY don't care what others think when we have the television on, a camp fire going, and we're snuggled together, holding hands, touching softly, enjoying the fresh outside, and our good faithful dachshund laying beside us, faithfully nudging our hands wanting a pet on the head too! Those are priceless and precious times we have.
This last Summer we were camped at Lincoln State Park (Indiana). We did our normal, set up the television, got the chairs out, blankets, pillows, lots of food and drink and pretty much vegetated. The television was soft, and we had our own little world going on.
There were 4 campers that were together, with a BUNCH of kids. As we were kind of in the middle of their configuration, (behind, across the road, and beside us), all we saw all day long was constant motion, motion, motion! The poor grandma of that bunch and the lady of the main camper did nothing but cook all day for everyone, did nothing but wash dishes all day. The kids ran, and ran, and ran. The men were climbing inside the engines of their trucks, taking off, going places, running around. The women were chasing the kids. It was chaotic, noisy, and reminded me of a bunch of flies crawling around on a piece of Limburger Cheese! We were exhausted just watching them.
So .... who had the better camping experience? I do know, when we broke camp to come home, we were refreshed, in-love all over again, and honestly .... I could not tell you a single thing we watched on television that week-end.
Actually, my wife and I have been married for 30 years now. We have 2 kids and 5 grandchildren. After all this time together, sometimes ... we just DON'T have anything to talk about and we're just plain pooped!. Snuggling together for an hour (either inside the camper or outside), holding each other, touching each other, and petting each other's hair while watching a re-run of Star Trek, or Leave-it-to-Beaver, or even Gilligan's Island speaks more words to each other than all the conversation we've ever had combined.
We REALLY don't care what others think when we have the television on, a camp fire going, and we're snuggled together, holding hands, touching softly, enjoying the fresh outside, and our good faithful dachshund laying beside us, faithfully nudging our hands wanting a pet on the head too! Those are priceless and precious times we have.
This last Summer we were camped at Lincoln State Park (Indiana). We did our normal, set up the television, got the chairs out, blankets, pillows, lots of food and drink and pretty much vegetated. The television was soft, and we had our own little world going on.
There were 4 campers that were together, with a BUNCH of kids. As we were kind of in the middle of their configuration, (behind, across the road, and beside us), all we saw all day long was constant motion, motion, motion! The poor grandma of that bunch and the lady of the main camper did nothing but cook all day for everyone, did nothing but wash dishes all day. The kids ran, and ran, and ran. The men were climbing inside the engines of their trucks, taking off, going places, running around. The women were chasing the kids. It was chaotic, noisy, and reminded me of a bunch of flies crawling around on a piece of Limburger Cheese! We were exhausted just watching them.
So .... who had the better camping experience? I do know, when we broke camp to come home, we were refreshed, in-love all over again, and honestly .... I could not tell you a single thing we watched on television that week-end.
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