It is said that the sense
of smell is the greatest factor in bringing back memories. The other night my
husband brought home a surprise for all of us – a pop-up camper. I sat and
watched as he and our son put it up. When I entered the smell brought me back
to my childhood. This camper smelled exactly the same as the camper my family had
while I was growing up.
Sitting in that camper,
pictures of memories came to my mind. Most just made me smile, but one made me
laugh. On the way to one campsite we had a little problem. One of the wheels of
the camper came off. I remember watching as the damaged tire rolled away. Dad
pulled over and put on the spare tire before we continued on our journey.
However, it wasn’t long before the other tire fell apart and we left the rubber
alongside the road.
We didn’t have another
spare and no place was open where we could get a new one. So…Dad kept driving
to the campsite. The absence of that tire caused a horrible scraping noise and
a fireworks show as we drove down the road. You can imagine the attention we
received; fortunately none by the police. I believe I remember thinking to
myself, “Are we there yet?”
When we arrived at the
campgrounds one of the families we were camping with let us borrow their spare
tire. But the trip home after camping was eerily similar. We lost our original
spare. Being Sunday, again no place was open where we could stop.
“We can make it home,” Dad
said.
Once again, sparks were
flying as we noisily scraped down the road. Once again I found myself mentally
asking, “Are we there yet?”
And people think camping
is boring!
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