We are NOT Buying a Camper! by Karen Musser Nortman

Author:Karen Musser Nortman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: nature, humor, family humor, camping trip, camping pranks
Publisher: Karen Musser Nortman

So they went. They enjoyed barbecue sandwiches and watched a demonstration on cast-iron cooking. They trudged up and down steps into new travel trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, Class Cs with sleeping quarters over the truck cab, Class B vans, and giant Class A motorhomes.

They all smelled like new cars and had clear plastic over the upholstery and mattresses. Frannie thought most didn’t look like they belonged in a campground. Some seemed too plush for trips in them to be called camping, and others didn’t seem like very practical arrangements.

Many had price tags higher than Frannie and Larry’s house had twenty years earlier. Still, there was something about them that beckoned to Frannie: cozy, efficient, and—most important— protection from storms.

On the way home, Jane Ann and Mickey discussed the fine points of several trailers and Class Cs that they admired.

"Why would you buy something you have to hook up? Seems like the ones you can drive would be a lot easier,” Frannie said.

“For one thing, they’re more expensive because you’re buying an engine, too. And you either have to tow a car or stay put. No trips to the grocery store,” Mickey said. “But you’re right—they are easier. That’s why we’re looking at Class Cs.”

“Those are the ones with the bed over the cab, right?” Frannie asked. “I understand why you wouldn’t want to do that with one of those huge bus-like things, but it seems like the Class Cs wouldn’t be that hard to take to a grocery store.”

Jane Ann shook her head. “They aren’t if there’s a big parking lot. But first you have to unhook power and water and stow everything so that nothing rolls around while you’re driving. Then when you get back, hook power and water back up and get everything out again. It’s a lot of hassle.”

Frannie leaned back in her seat. “Boy, lot to think about.”

Mickey said, “Well, Shoemaker—you’re pretty quiet. See anything you liked?”

“We aren’t buying a camper.”

“Yeah, I know, but if someone was going to give you one, which one would you take?”

Larry narrowed his eyes and glanced over at Mickey. “Are you buying me a camper, Mick?”

“Of course not.”

“Then what’s the point?”

“Geesh, what a grouch. You’re right—you don’t deserve a camper. You’d just deposit your bad vibes in it and then you’d never be able to sell it.”

Larry grinned. “Right.”

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