on 7/15/03 3:44 PM, Dave Kruger at kdruger_at_pacifier.com wrote: > Seems like it might be interesting to hear about the best (and worst) of > campsites. Our worst campsite ever was at the start of a kayaking vacation in Florida. We had a great time in the Okeefenokee Swamp on the way down from North Carolina, then after a night in the Ocala National Forest, we were on our way to the Daytona area, to launch the following morning for the Canaveral National Seashore. Only problem was, we needed to find a place that night around Daytona, and car racing fans that we're not, it never occured to us that it was the weekend of the Daytona 500. There was not a motel room within 100 miles of where we were. We managed to find a camping spot (read 5 foot by 5 foot) at a public campground. We were the only tent campers there, the place was filled with RVs. Many of the RVs were festooned with Budweiser banners, and all manner of beer accoutrements. The men drinking beer around the nearest RV moved their chairs in a circle to watch the amazing spectacle of two women with a car covered with sea kayaks, setting up a tent. While setting up the tent is usually a time for at least minor bickering, if not all out war, Elizabeth and I managed to set up the tent flawlessly, and in record time. I slept with a hammer, screwdriver, and my "fog horn" air horn, ready to ward off any intruders. As it was, those who didn't pass out by evening, went off to the races and didn't return. If the campsite wasn't also located on a noisy highway, it actually wouldn't have been that noisy a night. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 15 2003 - 16:20:15 PDT
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