Some years ago, we went on a family camping/boating trip. Arriving after dark in a blinding rainstorm, we located our son and wife in a drowned-out campsite. Relocating to a paved boat ramp parking lot, we set about stretching a tarp between our pop-up camper and the pontoon boat while feverishly trying to dry out and warm up our drowned rats. I glanced down at my 5-year-old grandson Steven wearing rain gear and sitting in his junior-sized lawn chair under the tarp. He looked up and, as serious as could be, uttered, “This camping sure is fun isn’t it, Grandpa.” We still laugh every time we remember.
Steve Cleveland,
Pueblo West San Isabel Electric member
Recently our 10-year-old granddaughter, Dakotah, returned from a routine checkup. Grandma asked, “What did the doctor say?” “I didn’t go to the doctor,” Dakotah said. “I went to the dentist.” “Oh, well, what did the dentist say?” Grandma replied. Dakotah exclaimed, “I’m getting new glasses!”
C. Grandbush, Walsenburg,
San Isabel Electric member
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