Kahuna said:
Camped by my lonesome this past weekend. Never stake the tent down cause I usually have gear in it(and me).
Friend Kahuna,
I caint never seem ta learn no lessons the eazy way. One Bob Dylan tent iz enuff fer most folks. I stake 'em down now.
Campin' wid folks iz best (way I see it), but a fella oughta do it by hizownself ever now 'n then. Once upon a time somethin' flung a paddlin' cravin' on me so I asked my daughters (they turnt me down) 'n hit de blacktop fer Arkansas. Bye 'n Bye I come ta the Buffalo River. It wuz July 4 weekend. I pulled in bout 3 pm cuz I warnt on a schedule....jest impulse.
I wuz gwine ta pay fer a motel spot, then head out next mornin', but all the sudden I figgered why not go rite now! I pushed off frum Steel Creek round 4 pm. The whole river wuz fulla folks, jest like de reglar campin' spots, but I never seen a soul cuz they all lit out in that mornin'.
It wuz peaceful on that sandbar til some dang bird on the cliff across the river got ta makin' a heap a racket bout midnite. I finally chunked a rock at the cliffs 'n yelled how I wuz gwine ta sing some Barry Manilow at him if he didnt stop. Never heard anuther peep. [Yoko Ono will keep most creatures away too, but its danged hard ta make them sounds.]
I reckon ya'll noticed they aint a heap a folks who like paddlin' and campin' az much az us? Sometimes ya jest gotta go my yer ownself.
Next mornin' I run up on the holiday crowd. Instead a cliffs 'n critters, I had ta watch young girls in swim suits turn over.....near bout all day long.
regards,
bearridge
P.S. On the water by yer lonesome.
I had a uncle who wuz a preacher out in Texas. He wuz a sailor too....so he had ta cuss some (particularly when he played golf). He wuz out on Lake Texoma when a bad storm come upon him. Coastal Guardin' fellas who went out 'n found him asked what the heck he wuz doin' out in the storm all by hiz lonesome. He allowed az how he warnt alone. :wink:
