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[RC] camping and generators Don't be haters - rides2far

. I > made my family sleep in a tent in below freezing weather more than 
once. What was I thinking???? My kids were so tiny!!!! I would never 
in a million years put my kids through that again. 

Ha. Josie went to her first ride at 10 days old. My kids have camped at
rides their entire lives, never had anything more than a fire or a
propane burner to warm up by. They've never gotten sick at a ride, seldom
get sick at all. Josie has *never* been on antibiotics *at all*, I tried
them with Bonnie when she was tiny for something trivial (typical doctor
prescribing them for every little sniffle) and she puked them so never
had them again. Neither has ever had strep throat, tonsillitis, ear
infections or any of the usual stuff that the kids who carry jumbo
bottles of hand sanitizer in their purses seem to have twice a year. 

When my kids went to rides they ran around with other kids, played in
creeks, caught "pet salamanders", had syringe water fights, and played
glow-stick football. I see people show up now with plump little pink
urchins who slowly walk from their heated campers complete with satellite
TV, to the meal never taking their eyes off their Gameboys, then without
speaking to anyone go back into their cocoons never to be seen again.
It's a cryin' shame.  

Eventually, I may have a living quarters, *maybe* someday it will get
insulation, then it might help to turn on the heat in the morning...but I
don't think I'll ever get to the point that I'd think I had to run it all
night. If I need that, it's too cold for me to ride anyway.

Angie

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