Family HolidaysBack in the 80s when my Dad got made redundant (hello Dad!), he spent all the redundancy money on one of those big motor caravans.
Us kids loved it, apart from when my sister threw up on my sleeping bag, but looking back I'm not so sure my mum did. There was a certain tension every time the big van was even mentioned, let alone driven around France for weeks on end with her still having to cook and do all the washing.
What went wrong, what went right, and how did you survive the shame of having your family with you as a teenager?
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chthonic, Thu 2 Aug 2007, 14:33)
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How shocking...Back in the mid 80s, we had a trailer - pop-up camper. And for several years we would take the various vacations with it. One such year, mom and dad thought it would be great to go to Southern New Jersey and go to the 6 Flags Amusement Park called (and still is called) Great Adventure. The park itself was great, lots of rides for a 14 year old, (so this was 1985). Chili-dogs galore and general mischief.
Part of the camper set up we had was a screened in tent that we would have a table set up in, with the portable propane gas stove all all. Dad in his usually fantastic wisdom, has a light attached to the top of the center support pole, and as such tapes the wire to the metal pole and its plugged in to the electrical switchbox provided. Apparently there was something wrong with the wire though. My mom for some reason, grabbed the center pole and all of a sudden started to shake and gyrate. Not sure whats going on, I ask dad, who was cooking something on the grill, what was happening, said, looks like mom is getting elecocuted. He yelled "Kerry, let go of the pole", this works in theory, but when the person in question cant let go, you only have one choice, disconnect the wire. We did, and mom was none to pleased about it, and made my dad get rid of the whole light set up and buy a brand new one from Sears so it didnt happen again. Happy Times.
(, Mon 6 Aug 2007, 2:21, Reply)
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