oh yeah

so me and my buddy jiff went camping
macgregor point (mah-grrrreggerr pint ww lsm) provincial park
on lake huron just outside port elgin
this year its only the boys
as i prefer no kids














and our less than avid camper friends kb & mp decline
[cool... cuz with no chicks around we can cut loose
and be wild and crazy guys]


















i wanted to bring my "cant-stand-up-in-3-man-tent"
but decided not to as jiff is all amped up about
his "2-room-big-as-a-house-tent"
just as well as the antichamber i was relegated
to was bigger than my tent and i could stand erect
[putting on underware when you are stooped over
and slightly tipsy is practically impossible]
our campsite has electricity because we are
serious campers (we dont laugh or chuckle)













with camp set up
we go into town and do our "shopping"

shopping: verb, two part process, buy food for dinner
than find local campy watering hole for a few pints

unfortunately
todays local smacks of the "oatley tap" from
stephen kings "the talisman"

















too many flies (eeeyooo), disturbing stereotypes
and shitty fried food
leave us feeling glum and crestfallen
so ...with steaks and spuds in tow we head back to camp
to make dinner
however by the time we get enough coals in the pit
we are disenchanted with the idea of late evening steaks
and settle in to our camp-chairs with our camp-cocktails
wanting to make a day of it tomorrow
we retire to the tentrominium











little did we know we were in for a tumultuous night
"the sky was angry that night my friends, like an old man
trying return flat beer in a local haunt"
a couple times i woke wondering if we had landed in kansas















kudos to jiff for depend-a-tent
...and
kudos to bern for coleman stove and cast-iron pan
bacon and eggs baby thats what im talking about
camp b + e ranks in my top 6 fav meals
and lemme tell you i friggin nail it
bacon crispy but not so much that it snaps
eggs sunny side up but no runny white
rounded out with toasted english muffins
(to make peanut butter and bacon sandwiches, duh)
and overly strong and too sweet instant coffee
giddy-fuckin-up (flap) jack!!
over our morning repast we discuss our trip to kansas
and fact that we could hear the the unrelenting sound
of the cars on highway 21













[or so we thought]

after a camp-sit and a couple trips to the loo
[caffine jolts and gravity - go figure)
we head off the lake for a bracing dip
my swimming trunks are fairly dated
and little high off the knee
but seeing as my six pack is more a "party pack"
i dont really give a shit (pun intended)
breaking thru the woods we see the beach













which is being bombarded by a barrage of relentless waves
[DOH - it wasnt any highway - it was gods work - cool]
funny that we both mention our recollection of our first
night in tentzilla feels better now that we know the noise
that was the backdrop to our camp-sleep is lapping waves]

after our swim (wade-in with 2 dunks)
we go for a really cool nature walk
burping and farting as much as we can
so people dont think we are that "gay couple from site 34"
getting back to 34 (home of tentropolis) we have a
camp-sit before going into town to "shop"
on our way we drive the scenic route along lake huron
whoa - God did some good work here on the bruce penninsula
its breathtakingly spectacular
kinda like being by the ocean but on a smaller scale
















my buddy jeff took this picture
before he got famous (ww mr man)

passing on the oatley tap we pick a haunt that
caters to kids so the staff is more aesthetically pleasing
and as its late afternoon we have the place to ourselves
coronas, jagermeisters and a pool table
giddy-up
jiff and i dont get to play much anymore
so this fits right into our good-day
[we have this thing with pool - we play for 5 bucks a game
but dont pay off till 40 bucks
in 10 years we've never had to come across with the dough
mostly because we can never agree on who's winning
...sokay cuz the posturing is half the fun]
we leave our bar before we get too "comfortable"

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HOLY SHIT
i just lost half my post
[computers!!]

whatever man

anyhoo, you pick the venue
shooting pool
world class sunset
bbq with a.m. 70's tunes
camp-cocktails
sleep in tent-away-from-home
sitting side by each in car

i enjoy sharing shit with my bud















bern shares
bv)