I have a higher and grander expectation of life than average and everyday, but I am a realist and understand that life is 90% mediocre and 10% amazing; I can lie to myself, living as ignorance is bliss, but Instead, I choose to enjoy every bit grand or low.
-- Softhearted
A Single, MSW Student, & Self-confessed hardhead (1986 - ?)

Friday, May 14, 2010

KOA puts the S.O.S in Camping

What is camping? Reuniting, Reconnecting with nature. Refreshing and Rejoining the community of our industrous ancestors. Roasting hot dogs, marshmellows, BBQ and popcorn. Beer, Juice, bottled water. Owls, wolves, coyotes, trees...and WIFI, movie night, arcade, pool, pancake breakfast and ice cream social? I don't think so. I had never been to a KOA campground before, but we went to one this weekend for a family reconnect weekend.

And boy was I confused, it was kinda like camping in your backyard. With individuals ranging from men who think second home means the camper on their truck to women who play drink expensive wine and sun by the pool. It was sorta like a tourista cheapo resort. You can dine in the Kampers kitchen or catch a cocktail in the evening, but there was no wildlife, no native bushes, grasses or trees. I did however one night think I might have heard coyotes, but realized it was the dog lovers in site 23's German Shepherds.

Schedule was: Friday ice cream social, Saturday balloon race, balloon toss, water tag, and movie in the park, Sunday pancake and sausage breakfast....no nature walks, hikes or survival training...lol

Yet, the KOA was an international experience we had peoples of all colors and diversities. While we were camping I meet people from the Bavarian state in Germany, other parts of Germany, Europe, India, Mexico, and numerous places throughout the United States.

Tack this trip up to Gobalization, Consumerism, and Americans love for convenience. Its like staying in a hotel where you sleep under the sky...that is if you don't have a RV, House Trailer, Motor Home or tent trailer.

Goodbye Cyberspace!

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