Camping site memories

11/09/08

Us three boys were all around 13 years old, and really Fred and I were the only ones with any camping experience. We all piled in Linda's station wagon, and drove to Lake George. We registered at the Adirondack Camping Village, and went to our site. It was a nice enough looking site. Climbing

We got back to the campground pretty late that night, and after a campfire, and some messing around, we finally settled down for bed. I honestly think it was somewhere around 1:00 am when we finally got to sleep. I awoke sometime around 3:00 am with my face in a wet spot on my pillow. I was still kind of half asleep, and figured that I had drooled on the pillow, or that it was condensation, so I rolled over. That's when my right hand landed in a puddle inside the tent.

It was a LONG wet night. Luckily, in the morning the rain stopped, and it cleared off. We spent the morning laundering all our bedding, and clothing, and then enjoyed the rest of our camping trip rain free.

Believe it or not, my mother still camps with us too. Over the years, we've had some other unfortunate mishaps, and odd experiences, but no matter how bad things go, we always wind up having fun in the long run!

Keywords: The camping gear, Outdoors, Hike