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Camping Is :

Tiny, angel faced, fuzzy headed, little girls with baggy pants, bowed legs, toddling about. A Wet Minnie Mouse towel hanging on a makeshift clothesline, alongside others with college logos's and Elvis ; Fifty something year old women in skimpy, ill fitted bathing suits, unaware that gravity has shifted when they were not looking ; Noisy, gas, golf carts loaded with teenage boys, looking for golf carts loaded with teenage girls ; Pot bellied, old men looking at golf carts full of teenage girls...wistfully ; A big swimming pool full of screaming kids, splashing and pushing their very best pal under the water ; Cooking aroma's wafting through the park at five o'clock each evening ; Camp fires burning until dawn ; Fat ladies eating huge piles of ice cream stacked on a cone, vowing to diet next week ; a young couple with two babies renting a cheap, on-sight camper, waiting for fancier digs, when they hit the lottery ; A young father, beer bottle in hand, pushing a child in a stroller round and round the park, until the baby falls asleep ; Old men pulling into the park with rigs costing more than a house, not to be out done by the guys that came before them. I LOVE CAMPING !!!

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Date: 7/15/2010 4:57:00 AM
And your observations of it are spot on and filled with wit and truth. I enjoyed this very much Gail and felt the commonality of the camp site. Nice write. tom
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Date: 7/13/2010 11:09:00 AM
LOL Great write Gail.....Larry
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Date: 7/12/2010 6:34:00 PM
Enjoyed this write tonight. Please check out my latest criminals part 3 when you have time.. ofcourse the story isn't true. Have a great day.
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Date: 7/12/2010 4:32:00 PM
Enjoyed this poetry here.. love your use of words and have a great day.
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Date: 7/7/2010 4:12:00 AM
I enjoyed reading your poetry today Gail. I wish you the best always. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/6/2010 1:52:00 PM
You've captured the essence of camping very well here! Very warm and funny !
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Date: 7/6/2010 1:17:00 PM
Some witty descriptions of camping in this poem, Gail. Really enjoyed the line about the 50-something aged women in their "ill-fitting" swimsuits. Saw some yesterday while canoeing and had to stifle my laughter. Fun poem! Love, Carolyn
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