Comments on Knucklehead!: The Art of Camping in the Rain

I will not lie. I married my husband first and for...

2010-03-18T21:47:40.675-07:00

I will not lie. I married my husband first and foremost because he promised we would never go camping. If ever there is question or wavering, I will refer him to this piece.

My sister threw up off Mesa Verde, really an 11 on a 10-point-scale of vomit, I felt.

I used to love camping with the kids...til it rain...

2010-03-18T18:40:30.336-07:00

I used to love camping with the kids...til it rained every night the last few times and I spent most of the all the sunny next mornings in a laundromat; I still like camping...in a motel or a cabin:)

Ah... childhood-- where pain and humor are so clos...

2010-03-17T13:03:29.255-07:00

Ah... childhood-- where pain and humor are so closely intertwined! :)

If you ever get to see the movie, "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss" (based on Jean Shepherd's family vacation stories, I think you will appreciate it.

And PS- I totally forgot about Hacklebarney Park. My mom used to take me there for a day of hiking (it was pretty close to us).

Thanks so much for sharing these memories -- you m...

2010-03-17T11:39:25.692-07:00

Thanks so much for sharing these memories -- you made me laugh out loud. I haven't been everywhere on your list here, but I have cherished memories of my own from the places I have. Great stuff!

LOL! Great stories. I've never gone camping ...

2010-03-17T01:55:28.490-07:00

LOL! Great stories. I've never gone camping and don't wish to. I like toilets, toilet paper, beds, showers, and I hate bugs.

Aw, man! Just when I thought fire ants could be an...

2010-03-16T19:22:32.906-07:00

Aw, man! Just when I thought fire ants could be any worse they have to ruin a perfectly good jelly doughnut.

My family went camping every summer too and it was usually pretty fun. At one point we traded our camping trips for backpacking trips with packs that wayed a billion pounds. There were plenty of unhappy moments during that, but I'm really glad we did it. :)

Plural Noun: "F*****g FIRE ANTS!!!"

2010-03-16T14:15:19.774-07:00

Plural Noun: "F*****g FIRE ANTS!!!"

My family camped a lot when we were kids, great ti...

2010-03-16T13:42:49.312-07:00

My family camped a lot when we were kids, great times. Really great times when you're a kid and don't have to do all the work. When you're the adult and it rains continually for 5 days over the July 4th holiday...not as much fun.
Now I really enjoy a nice Ramada Inn.

What great stories, Knucklehead! I think I was th...

2010-03-16T11:25:12.968-07:00

What great stories, Knucklehead! I think I was the same whiny child and my dad didn't like complaining either.

I guess that describes most of us!

EEEWWWW! Ants in the jelly donut.

Excellent stories. I hate camping. My father once...

2010-03-16T10:16:36.367-07:00

Excellent stories.

I hate camping. My father once said, "It took our ancestors thousands of years to stop painting their faces blue while living in trees, and you want me to begin reversing the process?" I agree. However, your tales of deprivation, hardship, and misery were extremely entertaining, so I'm glad YOU went camping :-)

Camping....Ugggh.

2010-03-16T07:18:49.105-07:00

Camping....Ugggh.

Loved the stories since I have many similar memori...

2010-03-16T07:14:11.677-07:00

Loved the stories since I have many similar memories of my family camping years ago. There were 5 of us kids and we had a pop up tent trailer.

My brother and I got to sit in the way back of the station wagon, so we were pretty safe from the backwards arm waving of my dad. None of us dared to call the bluff of "Don't make me stop this car" though.

What excellent stories! We never went camping as k...

2010-03-16T07:11:24.209-07:00

What excellent stories! We never went camping as kids.

I never went camping as a child, but I did do a lo...

2010-03-16T06:10:06.394-07:00

I never went camping as a child, but I did do a lot of it with my kids when they were little. I loved it. My kids now go camping with their kids. (I stopped going when I could no longer sleep all night in a tent without having to get up and hike down to the bathrooms.

Small boys dipping sticks in the fire and then wav...

2010-03-16T06:01:12.567-07:00

Small boys dipping sticks in the fire and then waving the glowing tips in each other's faces - yep, Scouts. I shut the little pyromaniacc dorks down with one well-crafted ghost story. They cried for their mommies all night! Yessssss! (They're all Eagle Scouts now. I take credit for scaring them straight!)

I hate camping. The last time I tried camping, my...

2010-03-16T05:47:27.509-07:00

I hate camping.

The last time I tried camping, my wife was throwing my own shoes at me ten minutes into setting up the tent.

Good times. Good times.

Great stories!

2010-03-16T04:25:54.899-07:00

Great stories!

Now THAT'S shrinkage. Yeah, we had similarly ...

2010-03-16T04:23:50.257-07:00

Now THAT'S shrinkage.

Yeah, we had similarly entertaining car trips in our trusty Datsun. Never went camping, though. Not our family's thing. Just Motel 6.