Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 09, 2017

Make sure the hotel has cable.

But rain is natural!

Who made mom the navigator?

“I don’t think so. Homey don’t play dat!”

At least they can’t complain about not having a shower.

Nothing like buying into the experience.

Rain builds character!

This was always one of my more favorite story arcs (but definitely NOT the only one!) :-)

That hotel had better have wi-fi, and oh yes, an adjacent StarBucks for mom’s complaint about no decent coffee.

Dad almost had mom convinced… almost.

I had a feeling this was the arc I was thinking of yesterday.

OK, show of hands…who in here believes that “glamping” is an abomination and a scourge upon the earth?

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To me, “glamping” is any camping trip that does not involve carrying everything to a wilderness campsite, setting up separate places to cook and sleep, hanging the backpack high on a branch, and seeing the stars without any glow from human caused light sources and waking to birdsong.

“Could be worse. Could be raining.” Boom!

There is no such thing as bad weather; just inappropriate clothing. Camping is great in sunshine, in fog, in rain, in snow…….it’s only miserable when it’s 80° and up (then you get into inappropriate lack of clothing).

The next vacation better be on a much bigger boat! Something 900 feet long and 12 stories high is about right!

Wow. That is lashing down!

I love rain. I wouldn’t mind being in it.

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Reminds me of a trip on the Rangely Lakes to Metallic Island in 1949. We were in a very heavy long canvas canoe with three campers, food box in center, & 10 gallon metal milk container. I looked ahead & saw a wall of white moving towards us. A down pour with hail. Donned ponchos & paddled as hard as we could. Great adventure for a 14 year old.

“Roughing it” is when the A.C. goes out in the Prevost!

Oh geez. Enjoy nature when it pours blessings on you…!

That’s my wife!

I say, throw mom in the river and hope she drowns.

Rats! Calvin was so close to a great experience on an island, no less!

Ah the joy of camping

For my wife and daughters roughing it means having to wait 30 minutes for room service, not feeding a hungry jagdstaffel of hungry mosquitoes.

I’m SO with mom on this one!

Yeah, I think many of us are agreeing with Mom.