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Show Do's and Don'ts of Camping in the cooler begins to melt. 2. Don't go out with the boys to fish if you have a weak stomach. Between putting those poor little worms on hooks and bashing innocent fish in the head to kill them--it's not too pleasant. And, when they clean them yeccccc! 3. Don't cook with the camper door open unless you want to share your food with millions of flies in the daytime and moths at night. Remember the movie about the insects taking over the earth? Camping near a pond makes you begin to believe it. 4. Don't talk about spooky things at night before everyone goes out for the last rest stop. Most important of all, if you are the kind of person that is in the habit of getting up in the night to go to the bathroom don't sleep on the back side of the top bunk in the camper. There's no way you can get out. Now, for some Do's to remember: 1. Do take twice as much ice as you think you could possibly use, and enough mosquito spray to cover a ten ton truck. 2. Do remember to take plenty of munching type foods such as cookies, potato chips, and candy bars that don't melt. Do remember salt and pepper and a pan big enough to cook fish. 3 Do take your favorite pillow and six extra pairs of socks. Our sons went wading in swamp mud two or three times a day and followed their poles into the reservoir several times when fish grabbed the hooks while the boys were busy grappling with each other. 4. Do take the time to take the kids camping at least once a year. If nothing else, it will make you appreicate your own bed a little more, and the luxury of a nice hot bath. By MARY GAE EVANS After three solid months of promises, we finally took our two sons on a two-day camping and fishing trip. Since we don't go more than once a year, I had a few things to re-learn, and I thought I'd pass on a few tips. First, I'd like to make a list of don'ts for potential campers: 1. Don't take four pounds of hamburger, a pound of ham, three pounds of bacon and a package of wieners when you only intend to stay two days. The fishermen expect you to cook their fish and the rest of the stuff gets a little muggy when the ice |