Camping for Dummies

We went camping. I haven't really worked enough lately to warrant a vacation; however, camping is a different thing. Friends become enemies, lovers become ex-lovers and showering amounts to a tawdry encounter with a wash cloth and a rusty spigot. I believe that act is entitled a "whore's bath" and the great painter Toulouse-Lautrec captured it from every humiliating angle.

Camping highlights as newspaper headlines: 1. Pitching a Tent in the Dark, Not Just Innuendo
2. Rabbit's Death-cry Muffled by Coyote Quintet, Sleeping Campers Mad
3. Ocean Chills Beer, Dusty Hikers Pleased
4. Scientific Discovery: Warm Outhouses Make Jesus Cry
5. Raccoons! In an Adventure with Canadians...
Happy Labor Day!