Better than Disney Land

Saying for the Day: There is no place in the world like camp.

Every summer from the time I was about eight until I was fourteen we went for a week to Jennie’s camp.
(My Aunt Jennie had a camp on a lake near Iron Mountain) .
I'm the tall, handsome one in this picture.

When school was out we could hardly wait for the special week to come.
It was our trip to Disney Land.

There was my mother, my sister Dawn, My Aunt Viola, my cousin Edward, my cousin Ann and myself.
I was the oldest. Edward was the youngest.
Viola drove because my mother didn’t drive.

On the way to the camp we would stop in Iron Mountain at the five and dime and each kid got one toy.
It was an adventure.

At the camp we swam, a lot.
We spent a good part of the day in the water and always got sun burned. ( Nobody worried then about skin cancer)
We went boating, a lot. (We pretended we were pirates).
We went fishing, not as much.
We threw all the fish back and never cooked or ate any.
We went exploring around the lake.
We ate great food because it was different from home.

Kids today expect so much more and get so much more.
But we were happy. ( Except when us kids got into fights)
We felt special and lucky and I guess we were.

I will always have those memories of a very innocent time.

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News from Pigeon Falls – The little town in my back yard where liar’s belong to the Liar’s club.– Eino tried again this morning but the manager of off premise projects still wasn’t in. Eino wonders if they are stalling him but he doesn’t know what else to do except keep trying.

To bring you up to date on what’s happening during Pigeon Fest. Tuesday they held the Pigeon Calling contest. There were 25 contestants. They tried every kind of conceivable bird call you can imagine and some you can’t. They were not allowed to use bird seed . The pigeon had to come because of the call. The only one that came close to winning the $1000 prize was Tommy the undertaker’s kid. The pigeon flew over his head and looked for a moment like it was going to land on his head but the suddenly it flew away. Tommy had really been practicing that call and was very disappointed.

Big Rudy finally found something he could do besides getting knocked out . He won the pasty eating contest. He ate fourteen of the those great big meal size pasties. Joseph Horning , last year’s winner was back and he ate thirteen, same as last year, but then looked slightly green and quit. Jon Bergall quit after twelve just like last year. Big Rudy was as proud as one could be . At least now he has something he can brag about.

Art on the yellow brick road starts today and a lot of artists are here selling their works. W. J. St. Christopher has some really different tree pictures for sale and an artist called Jafabrit has a disturbing painting of a pervert called “Tit for Tat”. There is some guy out there who has welded a bunch of drain pipes together and called it “ Up the Down” . That is not my idea of art but to each his own. He wants $325 for that piece. I have to take up welding.

Nancy has promised to keep us up to date on what’s happening in Pigeon Fest and in the rest of Pigeon Falls.
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Today's Link is An Artist's Blog So if your worn and tired fingers are up to it type Dr. John (one more time) in the comment for a meager five JCPOINTS. Check your JCPOINTS HERE
Yesterday we drew Jafabrit. If we draw her again she gets what's in the prize box.And the name drawn today is Catch. Sorry Jafabrit. ( Sorry Brea who wants somebody to win already) Good luck Catch.
Marathoon results should be posted by early evening. There are so many people involved this time it will take that long to process them.
It will take even longer since my DSL has been down all day due to some AT&T problem.
I will blog tomorrow about the problems. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA