Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for August 10, 2012
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Val: Wow. It's as beautiful as last year! Alix: They built a new dock! Wally: There's a great spot for our tents over here... Joan: And the table has a view of the lake!! Val: I just love it here. Aren't you glad you came, Holly? Holly: Wait...there's no WiFi?
I would LOVE to go camping again! Smell the green, feel the creek over my bare feet, wander along a trail; outdoor fire cooking. All that! I sooo miss it!
I found an old Thermos (Coleman?) 3-gallon container among my stored stuff. We used it while camping when I was a kid – and it still works today! It’s the one with the wood-grain look, the moveable “faucet” and the inner cup and outer lid. It’s at least 45 years old and it still keeps the ice as ICE for over 8 hours. Built when things were meant to last.
I use it now when I work at the Saturday Market; gives me cold water all day when the temp is hot hot hot!