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Hank Rogers[_2_]

wrote:
> On Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 10:50:11 AM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> On 11/30/2018 7:04 PM, wrote:
>>
>>> Nope, nope, nope. Wilderness camping is about as appealing to me as swimming
>>> with great white sharks or chasing skunks. 'Camping' and roughing it for me
>>> is done in a motorhome.
>>>
>>
>> We stayed at a motel once that did not have a remote for the TV. You
>> had to turn a dial to change the channel. It was very primitive living
>> that night.
>>
> Now, that's roughing it!!
>
> First time ex-b/f and I went anywhere in his motorhome was to Pigeon Forge.
> There was huge campground and about 7 or 8 spaces down was a family in a
> giant tent. It had to be a giant tent because there were about 6 or 7
> children in that family. They had strung up a clothes line between two
> trees and there were at least a dozen pairs of blue jeans hanging there to
> dry. My first thought was it wasn't much of a vacation for mom as she was
> still doing laundry and most likely cooking at least twice a day.
>

The smokies can be nice if you stay away from Dolly's giant titty
tourist industry.

The lady at the campsite several spaces down was performing a labor of
love. Some never experience that, and some are incapable, but those who
do can remember it well, and most never have regrets.