Greetings from Ontario Canada

It is harder than you might think as the parent acts like a child and I, must be able to control what goes on with lots of patience and kindness, even when I am really not happy. It is fun some days and a total nightmare other days as she switches back and forth from normal to unreasonable. But each day I do my best.

 

I would love to chuck it all some days and run off to the wilderness too, but I am needed here. My great adventures these days are the things I find from my childhood and young adult years, that have been packed away for a very long time. Things like report cards and drawings, HS diploma and dolls. In cleaning her house we are finding ordinary treasures and many old memories.

 

We have such things and the time is rapidly approaching when I will need that help. As it is now a friend stays with her when I need to shop or run errands. Had lots of bad memories, but as I said I am needed and I love her. Got to let the past go sometimes and move on.

 

Have you done any camping in other areas of Canada? We camped when I was younger in upper New York State, and somewhere close to the Canadian border. But most of my camping since that time has been pretty much local or with 50 miles of home.
I hope you continue our conversation here.

 

Out of respect for dying conversations I am going to put this puppy to bed and look elsewhere's in the forum.

 

Sounds like your were not to far from some of my old stomping grounds when at Calumet. As for puppies I love them dearly, but I am still recovering the the loss of my last dog and so have been holding off from getting another puppy. The above puppy was so dear I had to use his picture.

 

Well, from the sounds of things you picked a pretty good companion, and one that enjoys camping as much as you do. I found my last dog out along a road where someone had tossed him away. He was very sick do to lack of food and care, but with proper love and attention he became my best friend and lived for over 10 years. But he died before I left Florida, to come home. I will try to find a picture of him to put up.

 

It would be nice if you could get some of your camping buddies to join the forum. Then maybe we could really get the forum rolling with great stories and adventures. I have tried asking my friends, but everyone is to busy. I think it is fun to share a bit of humor and nature, camping lore and knowledge, as well as, making new friends along the way.

 

It is really hard to get new members to really join in and offer their opinions and camping experience and stories, long term. I wish more would take the plunge and get this forum buzzing with activity. If you know of a few members that enjoy long-winded story telling and friendly humor, invite them to join in. The more the merrier. It would be fun.

 

Actually, unlike most forums this one is like joining in on the ground-breaking. Taking part in a forum that is still growing is great because your questions and comments get personal attention and it gives you a chance to build good friendships and solid backing of other like-mined members. In bigger forums it is possible to post and have no one read it or no one respond at all. And try joining into a conversation in bigger sites, it is like being invisible or more often, then not told you know nothing. So if I had to choose a big over-flowing forum or a smaller one that is growing, I would go smaller. One day we may be big, but we who talk now will be friends then in the future.

Of course that is just my opinion.

 

I hope you will not get bored and run away. Of course I will miss your conversations when your off camping this summer and enjoying the great outdoors. But, there is always time to visit when you get back home again, tired but filled with adventure and misshapes. lol