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Unhappy Campers

Unhappy Campers It was the summer of 1980.   Anne and I were spending our holidays in Vancouver with her family.   We were child free.   When fall approached, we settled on a novel way to return to our home in Quebec City, opting for Canada DriveAway . Ever heard of that blue-ribbon organization?..

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The Bear Essentials   June 1972

The Bear Essentials   June 1972   I have never been a happy camper.   When I was a small child, my parents forced me to go to a portentously named “cub camp” in Drumbo, Ontario, located on the Nith River. Even today, some sixty-five years later,  repeating these diabolical names makes me quake with wretched..

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