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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, May 16, 2001- - found Hairy Potter in my cupboard at Father-N-So- I Every spring, the eagerly awaited day arrives. But no one is more eager for the Annual-Father-And-So- ns Camp Out than wife, except maybe Michelle (Sonderegger). Going to is the like ' awaited fall semester Hog-war- ts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Those that go are in for a magical time and some serious rituals and rights of passage around blazing bonfires amid cauldrons of banana boats and burnt marshmallows. Of course my first thought about Father-N-Son- David, Ronnie, and Mike and very loosely, but he was from one of them had a son named Oklahoma.' His name was Chad. And say, this son let out Pete (Anderson), Hannahs a killer burp that rumbled the dad. I dont know what I was camper windows and doused more astonished about that the camp fire and caused a I had a fan as far away as Oklahoma or that they read in tree to tip over. During a normal Sunday Oklahoma. Im kidding. I dinner, this would result in a dont want to lose my one fan thump across the head with a from Oklahoma. I dont plan to visit scowl and reprimand. But Father-N-Sonsoon. In fact, I dont Oklahoma this during could easily result in high-five- s know that I have ever heard and bumping of chests of anyone visiting Oklahoma, and David, pointing with his butl know that I like Hannah, as she wrote me a index finger at nice letter one time, Chad while saying, You Da MAN! You so her dad must be Da MAN! doing something s, eagerly at ns - (Father-N-Son- s) my too kind and loving s was, Kewl! I get to go camping with Bubba and the boys... just us men! Of course my second thought was, Whoa... Dude! Who is going to be the camp cook if the missus aint coming? Besides, I got kind of suspicious that all the ladies seemed just a little too anxious for the men to leave town. Just what are the women up to? My keen and large reporter nose got whiff that something wasnt right. I suspect that Shake Shack does half their yearly business the night we leave to camp. But this aint about the women, this is about male bonding. Or as Daniel says, I love this boy bonding stuff we do, dad. And the scene is set for Hogwarts Father-N-Son- s. There is running water to fall in, cliffs to fall from, fires to get burned in, enough food and snacks to feed a small nation, and mysterious games And Chad's fictitious younger After hours of the boys playing Quidditch, okay, it was football, tackle Travis and Trent just for fun) bowing down and chanting volleyball worthy! Im not (which is a bizarre and smear the queer in unison, Tm not well be watched carefully by young impressionable know how these campers have cute miniature cupboards, stoves and toilets. And you know how things like the table serve several purposes such as being a bed, closet, and shower all in one. Well, one of the cupboards makes into a small bunk bed. As I am about to go to sleep, I look up and there is Harry Potter tucked away in my cupboard. You can imagine my astonishment. Little round glasses, rumpled You right brothers (call them worthy?" And of course, all of this entire episode could very a camper trailer, my compromise to I roughing it, but only got it to keep up with Bubba and his mobile home he takes camping. I do have one teeny-ween-y Pap 12 game combining tag, dog pile, and chase) finally it was cupboard was Harry Potter. I suppose that Harry, I mean was trying to learn some Jagr, time to go to bed. Of magic by keeping a good eye on course, we couldnt Bubba and I, as we smoked go straight to sleep. poker, and drank Noooo! First we had cigars, played while talking about to spend an hour or so trying (Pepsi) women. and jeeps to catch Michael and minds like, say... Payton, eager to learn family traditions and (Schafer) trying to talk his father into a friends playing "knock on the ride on his "loud motorcycle. door and run. These are These mysterious rituals are magical games. I finally had only unveiled twice a year. to drag him out from his hiding Once during Father-N-Son- s place underneath the camper, and once during the magical and threaten him with Harvest moon when men hunt dismemberment. while parading around in bizarre fluorescent orange camouflage. Which is at the same time we give high powered dangerous guns to 14 year old boys who we normally would not trust with a fly swatter or a can of spray paint. This is like giving a loaded wand to a young apprentice wizard and saying, "Please dont turn your little sister into a toad. The young and old alike to rekindle the magical come cloak of played under the moments of Father-N-Son- s darkness. Of course, there is a great past. As they grow older, some deal that is so secret I cant wizards are not as magical as Arlo write about it. But women, they once were. you know the age old question (Freestone) used to be such a that you often hear women cry powerful Grand Wizard that in despair to a school counselor he could make the hospital or church leader, 1 just dont earn money and stay in the know where he would pick up black. But that was in days of a bad habit like that? We yore before The Man with Two certainly dont do that at Faces, the Evil Bill Clinton. home! Well ladies, I think But now, Arlo was only there most of those are learned at keeping a keen eye on Blen, Father-N-SonKerry, and Allen, trying to One particular campfire I contain their youthful sat around might do as an exuberance. Wizards came from all over. example. Of course, the to names are changed protect While I was out there, I ran the innocent. But, say there into a fan from Oklahoma. were some guys like Paul, Okay, I will use the term Tan" s. hair, a toothy smile and a twinkle in his eye. There in a cupboard under the stairs, okay, actually above the fridge was, none other than Harry Potter. I thought it was Jagr Lee, but it sure looked like ol Harry Potter. I remember telling Daniel that Jagr could bunk with us for the night; but there peeking out of the Some that go to Fathers-N-Son- s dont believe in magic, they are Muggles. But I have seen enough to know that magic is real if you just believe. Well, for example, it was a good thing that the Headmaster of dore Eardley was helping cook because we needed a miracle or magic to feed all the people that showed up. Remember the parable of the fishes and loaves, well we had lots more people show up than we planned for and somehow, call it magic or miracle, but the burgers just kept coming off those grills until we had fed the masses. Oh, and we missed the Grand Wizard of Pancakes, Joe Slade. Joe the Grand Master has always brought a cordless drill with an egg beater attached to the end so stirring the pancake batter is something Bob Villa would be proud to demonstrate on This Old House. But alas, a new generation of Wizards had to learn how to stir pancake batter the old fashioned way, with a wooden spoon, until our arms hurt. Yes indeed, to ordinary Muggles, it would appear that this is just a bunch of guys camping. But to those that believe in magic, Father-N-Son- s is a time for sitting around a camp fire, telling stories, acting silly, eating and being with those we love most. In ' the midst of blazing bonfires and shadows ofyouth flitting about there is a magic that makes memories for all fathers and sons. Your fathers may not always be here dear readers, so take the time to make magic memories... you just have to believe! 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