Camp'n Out

Back when I was a lad and Shep was a pup, one of my greatest desires was a week camp'n out in the wilderness. And so one summer it came to pass that myself, brother Tom, cousin Snuffy and last but not least was cousin Johnny, a dyed-in-the-wool city slicker, planned our outing.

Soon, however, Mom got involved. She sez, "You boys, all under 14 and no adults - You might get lost."

I could see it coming.

Mom being a lover of the things of old Mother Nature, as she called it, was not about to lose out on a camp out to Big Sand Lake. She was just as at home around a campfire as she was in her kitch...