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huge national parks full of mountains luff that nobody ever goes near except a few hardy outdoors They re too rough for us ordinary human beans Then we come down to the manageable parks like Algonquin where you can canoe and make bonfires and your chances of death are much less from wolves and bears than they are from stepping on a broken beer bottle Then have where you can go and bake in the sun and watch your kids trying to break a leg on one or the Star Trek climbing machines or the unbalanced teetertotters All of this is of course leading some where It is leading directly to The Great Camping Trip in the Park We had our for two weeks this summer It was great They are a Utile older a little smarter and they scarcely break anything any more that is carefully hidden away They don t even fight any more Well only when there is an issue at stake and one wants to kill the other with a large stick But it was very restful compared with other summers Last year the total damage was about WOO This year itwaa only about This was somewhat offset financially by the fact that the food bill soared astronomically Each of them eats more than my wife and I put together Fortunately they were enrolled in an excellent day camp guess who paid the fees and all that was required was to rout them out of bed make them put on some semblance of decent clothes from the warehouse they immediately turned their room into get their breakfast make their lunch have a good dinner ready when they got home from camp and try to maneuvre them into bed by midnight Nothing to It Except washing all their clothes every two days finding their blasted shoes which could be in the attic a closet or the basement and vacuuming the sand out of their sheets every day Vie were rather blithely looking forward to taking them back to their mother after the two weeks when we learned with a slight shudder of horror that their mother had man pulated their Uncle Hugh into taking them on a camping trip for a week from our place Hugh came up from the city the week be fore to have a conference with the about their wilderness He was going to take them to an island on an Indian Reserve and they were going to live off the land practically right in tl middle of the bush He spent all Saturday morning making a list of essentials The kids watched car toons on TV Hugh had a dandy list sunflower seeds and about 140 pounds of canned stew apples bread cutlery pots pans plates the whole business It would have taken a bo is canoe to carry the stuff We held our mum Next Saturday he appeared alt ready for the camping trip There were only one or two things out of joint It didnt bother the boys who were all excited about the camping trip But It bothered me It seems that I was to drive them to the ferry across to the island about 15 miles They had one sleeping bag among the three of them The food been bought nor the insect repellent There were no cooking utensils or cutlery There was one pup tent suitable for one Frantically phoning friends I located another tent that would sleep three plus more sleeping bags It was still feasible 1 ha vent mentioned that Hugh had for the camping trip with one arm in a sling He fallen off his bike in the city and had to hit the emergency ward he arrived here Wrist broken or badly sprained But spirits undaunted He was going to carry through went out in to pick up some food or something and suddenly I had one of those brilliant ideas that hit a guy tw in a lifetime No with one arm wandering around In the bush looking for a place to sleep with two tuckered little guys each carrying pounds los the faith rapidly I went home and laid it on the line You re going to camp in Little Lake Park I d checked It out this time There were lent sites running water toilets a barbecue a great view of the lake and mming Hugh bless him th the original plans But he put t to a tote and the boys said little Lake Park ch is almost in the middle of town So they had a great camping trip Setup their tents got a fire going and had three great days of summer Gran who had most gone catatonic at he first proposal dragged up some pots and stuff and wc sited them six blocks away only three limes a day bringing them only Ice food charcoal candles and a few other treats Fourth day il ra ned Wet tents wet sleeping bags Wet children Mud However after we brought Gran from the roof it sorted out The sun came out ihc sleeping bags over the clothesline the tents were spread out to dry the kids clothes were packed and undaunted Hugh look them off on Ihc bus to sleep at his place In the city which is Just one jump ahead of a leaking tent Radio hack Sale prices expire October 11983 KEEP TERRYS DREAM ALIVE SUPPORT andor PARTICIPATE In tho Terry Fox Run THIS SUNDAY SUNDAY SEPT 18 PLEDGE SHEETS AVAILABLE Acton All Bank Jug Ctty Ed sin nOut VHJage Variety Credit Union Acton Free Prate Office Beckers Hide House At Georgetown and Area Schools Georgetown Pledgee ages up to M adults