Family Car Camping Trip

“Good morning everyone. I've been out of town for a few days. Looks like this is shaping up to be a great trip!”

“Creek Dancer brought the rain back! But the Tarp Mahal Lodge and Conference Center will be open for business.”

“Ok, but we'll have to be serious when we get there.

No silliness, please!”

“Does that mean the nekkid thing is out?”

“You can't be Tom without being silly!”

“Oh, ya got me there.

I was funnin'”

“I can see Graham Chapman standing there in his British Army uniform cancelling the camping trip because it's too silly!”

“Jun 19, 2003 5:45 A.M. NEW YORK, NY, US OUT FOR DELIVERY


oh can you feel it getting closer to me??


My kayak is getting nearer and nearer”

“....and you are getting weirder, lady~~~~%^]”

“Ahhoooogah ahhoooogah, NOW HEAR THIS.

Kayak about to be launched. Ready all torpedo tubes. BATTLE STATIONS.

Ahhooooogah!”

“Bottle Stations!

Bottle Stations!

All hands on deck(chairs)!

Ready, steady, Open Up on 'em”

“may god have mercy on us for what we are about to undertake..


oh, if ya touch my yak?

we will have to rename the movie to.

"drowning geo,tom,tree,lyndy,twinks"

got the point?”

“boy that didnt make any sense did it?

I need to get outta here!!
it will rain this weekend, and thats ok. as long as its not a down pour 24 hrs a day.

I want to test ride my yak atleast once.”

“Seriously Maple, we will be shouting encouragement to you from the shore:

"Don't drown Maple, don't drown!"”

“LOL!!!! IF it is supposed to rain heavily Sat. we are going to take a detour to the Baltimore Aquarium. Y'all can join us. We can be back in time for the cook-stuff fest.”

“Aaaaa-oooooo-guh!

There is an old diesel/electric submarine near the Aquarium.
I haven't toured the USS Torsk since Linus was a baby in '92.
It is way cool!”

“We have one in Philly too, Tom. I think they gave one to every port. Ours is the Becuna.”

“yeah baby, miss maple has arrived
and she will have her first voyage this weekend!”

“The maiden voyage of the USK Miss Maple will take place on the Susquehanna River (USK = US Kayak)

Watch out for giant squids and periscopes!”

“Fri
Jun 20 Scattered T-Storms 68°/58° 60 %
Sat
Jun 21 Rain 70°/59° 60 %
Sun
Jun 22 Partly Cloudy 82°/64° 20 %”

“and chickens and poodles.”

“Ick on the forecast.

Does anyone else want to visit the aquarium?”

“Maple could take her kayak there.”

“Its gonna rain chickens and poodles?”

“ack! swamped at work! ack!

uh....what are we doing this weekend? is it just drinks and barbeque or is there hiking and whatnot?

just curious!”

“its what ever your up to.
not really a structured(sp) kind of weekend.”

“There is hiking.

The campground is not right on the river but on high ground among large hardwoods.

It is hilly and wooded with some trails.

The walk-in sites should be rather private now that the trees are leafed out.
I was there during the winter.

Speaking of "leafed out", where's miss maple?”

“Depends. If lyra shows up there will be morning devotions and evening vespers for Her Adorableness. If not, we may go hiking if it's not raining too hard, or stand on the bank and watch Maple try to get her kayak into the river, or play volleyball, or just chill. There are some historical sites I want to see, and I may check out some rocks as well. There could be a beer glut that needs to be dealt with too. And I will probably take my grandchildren on a nature walk so they can use the explorer's kits I gave them.”

“they have an area that is reserved for watching nature.

I plan on being there most of the weekend.”

“I'd think you'd get to watch plenty of "nature" just by sitting in camp and watching Geo, Treebeard, and Tom Terrific alleviate the "beer glut", lol...”

“Just so she doesn't leaf-out on us~~~%^]


There are some historical sites that look pretty good.

Then there are hysterical sites with such attractions as the Tarp Mahal and the Weber Limited Edition Homer Simpson Grill.”

“My older grandson Zack will probably be trying out the new knife I gave him for his birthday by sticking it into:

picnic tables
wooden fences
trees
tarps
shoes
plastic
his foot
a hand
his grandfather”

“Beer glut.......beer gut”

“Why not give this kid an axe as well?



He could do more damage that way”

“I think he already has one. You have a leg that needs amputation? Zack can take care of it for you.”

“Find a likely piece of wood and tell him to carve something from it. That might curb some of that "poking" instinct.”

“He might hurt himself less if he pokes. I'm worried if he tries to carve something he'll end up carving parts of himself.

Seriously though, not a bad idea. He will be taking woodshop when he starts high school in the fall.”

“My older grandson Zack will probably be trying out the new knife I gave him for his birthday by sticking it into



if i see your wonderfull grandson anywhere near my kayak......well you just think about it ok!”

“Pottymouth!”

“What did Maple say when she put her kayak in the water?













Glug glug glug.”

“Ya got that right Bit!”

“LOL TO YOU ALL”

“Especially if that kayak sinks...”

“I'm strapping the kayak to the roof of the car with Maple in it if it rains. At least she could say she got it into the water....”

“Tell her to paddle. Count how many New Yorkers notice. If it's more than a dozen, you win!




What you win, I dunno...”

“That would make a great photo!”

“do you think we are going to get rained out?”

“We could put it up in the pound, Geo!”