OK, I'm not good at poetry but here are my memories. Every summer, my Dad took us camping and I learned to chop wood and drive a boat at an early age....oh and also use a leaf as toilet paper.

Setting up the tent watching the poles get higher
When done, Dad stops and lights the fire
All meals cooked on an open flame
The squirrels come calling and some are tame

We all get changed and hike to the lake
We swim and swim until it gets late
Back at camp Mom sets the picnic table
We change in our jammies and Dad runs the cable

Our bathing suits hung in the morning they'll be dry
Eating dinner at the table and the moon gets higher
Roasted marshmallows was my favourite dessert
Tired and full, we hit the dirt.

Through the tent I can hear the owls voices tower
They woo me to sleep in the moonlight hours
I wake up early to take a pee
I long hike to the outhouse, there's no TP

I shake and rattle all the way camp
Grab the TP, run back and it's damp
My Dad's awake and says "where are you going?"
I said "To the bathroom" and started to growling

He said "Come back here, and go by the tent."
I had to go so bad, I ran back and "went".
Dad handed me some TP and I did what I should
I threw it in the firepit right by the wood

I crawled in the tent and went back to bed
With the sound of the birds filling by head
I felt safe and warm with family near
Life is good and nothing I fear

--vah