Clearly you have not seen the menu plan for the next car camping trip that I and seven friends are embarking on in August. One week, eight people (5 of us enthusiastic cooks), one beautiful mountain lake full of trout, bass and catfish, five canoes and kayaks, 40 miles of hiking-biking trails. And wi-fi at the camp store (and this is a state park, not a KOA).

We'll be catching a few Z's between fun times. I'll be sleeping atop a Thermarest "Dreamtime" air mattress.

There will be tree branches overhead so if there's a storm I'll be a little more attentive that usual to the trees.


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