In a message dated 11/04/1999 5:53:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, kcoplan_at_genesis.law.pace.edu writes: << Its hard to find overnight babysitting, and besides, since we both work we feel too guilty to abandon our kids to strangers on weekends too. Last February, Robin and I finally got another winter camping overnight in by leaving the kids with their aunt in Albany. >> Now try to imagine being a single parent who loves the outdoors. I was so broke that my kids didn't even know what the inside of a hotel (or motel) looked like! But they learned to camp. Nothing strenuous or particularly adventurous, but lots of "quality time" (to use a barf word!). I had a "poor man's" van (wood panneling and a wooden platform with a mattress) but we had so much fun. The payback comes later when: the first thing my daughter did after high school graduation was to go camping with a girlfriend. And when my son (in high school) had to write about his funniest experiences they were all about incidents that happened while camping (when his friend peed into the wind while they were fishing, when his step-father sat on my son's birthday cake, when the tents got flooded with six inches of water....). Just reminiscing..... Sandy Kramer the cheap date who would rather sit in front of a tent mit vin und friends than check into a resort! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Sandykayak_at_aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 11/04/1999 5:53:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, > kcoplan_at_genesis.law.pace.edu writes: > > << Its hard to find overnight babysitting, and besides, since we both work we > feel > too guilty to abandon our kids to strangers on weekends too. Last > February, Robin and I finally got another winter camping overnight > in by leaving the kids with their aunt in Albany. >> > > Now try to imagine being a single parent who loves the outdoors. I was so > broke that my kids didn't even know what the inside of a hotel (or motel) > looked like! Sandy, this sure brought back memories of my first son. The only life he knew at first was a 12X20' log cabin, just across the Copper river from the Wrangles. It had no running water, electricty, and of course no inside toilet. I think he was 3+ years old when he was first "intrduced" to a real flushing toilet in town. We practicly had to lock him out of the bathroom to keep him from flushing it over and over again. :-) Sometimes we worry about not being able to provide "things" for our children, but I think the greatest gift we can give, is to share our love of the outdoors. Those were great times. James > But they learned to camp. Nothing strenuous or particularly > adventurous, but lots of "quality time" (to use a barf word!). I had a "poor > man's" van (wood panneling and a wooden platform with a mattress) but we had > so much fun. > > The payback comes later when: the first thing my daughter did after high > school graduation was to go camping with a girlfriend. And when my son (in > high school) had to write about his funniest experiences they were all about > incidents that happened while camping (when his friend peed into the wind > while they were fishing, when his step-father sat on my son's birthday cake, > when the tents got flooded with six inches of water....). > > Just reminiscing..... > > Sandy Kramer the cheap date who would rather sit in front of a tent mit vin > und friends than check into a resort! > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> And when my son (in > high school) had to write about his funniest experiences they > were all about incidents that happened while camping (when > his friend peed into the wind while they were fishing, > when his step-father sat on my son's birthday cake, > when the tents got flooded with six inches of water....). That must have been some wind! (and a big bladder!) 8^) Woody *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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