与爸爸露营
After my mother married my stepfather, 欧内斯特·迪亚兹, 在 1981, he was looking for a way for us to spend time together. 我是露营的童子军, so Dad decided that camping would be an effective way for us to get to know each other.
A friend of Dad’s owned property and a cabin in Greenville, MO. We did not stay in the cabin or in a tent for that matter. 爸爸喜欢露营 “星空下” so we slept on a cot by the fire. He normally slept in his chair.
Photo of Dad, Mom and Me at High School Graduation
在我们第一次下降, 有人停放自己的爱车上，我们用它来得到营地的池塘小砂石路. 爸爸在驾驶它周围的他 1981 福特雷鸟采用小坡度的道路.
当我们来到关山, 我们仍处于倾斜驱动两个轮子就像我最喜欢的节目之一, the Dukes of Hazzard. The car tilted back down, and we arrived at the site. I thought it was cool, but I do not think Mom was so crazy about our adventure.
钓鱼是一样好. 我们回到家里。 40 至 50 bluegill, which Grandpa Ellis grilled up weeks later with some more that he and Dad caught out of Lake Tishomingo. 这是我喜欢钓鱼的几次之一.
露营的最好的部分是，我们总是建立在火, 我们会煮热狗和棉花糖. 我们会放一个大的日志在中间，一旦该中心被烧毁, 我们将推动双方在火. 它保持中火煲一整晚. One year we got it so hot, it melted the cuffs on Dad’s pants.
经过最初几年, Dad’s friend sold his place, but the camping trips helped us bond and are my favorite memories of Dad.
别起来
