Ben and I felt the exhilaration of hitting the glorious open road. It filled us with such joy that I could hardly control my foot from becoming entirely lead. You see, my family was getting farther and farther behind me. This, in itself, was a day of celebration! Ben and I were jamming to the tunes of Ralph Stanley, Jack Jonson and Michael Jackson (before he was creepy). What could be better. After several hours of driving, we arrived at beautiful Lake Ouachita State Park. The tall pine trees towered over us and the lake twinkled in merriment beckoning us to jump in. But first we had to check in at the visitor's center and get our tags for the campsite.
"Hi, we would like to check in, it's under Ben Warriner" Ben nodded towards the park ranger.
'Chuck' The ranger's name tag gleamed. I immediately thought of the Mr. Woodchuck ranger puppet from the TV show Full House and giggled a little.
"Ok, let me check our computers and see what we got for ya" The Chuck said politely.
"hmmmm" he scratched his chin in puzzlement "We don't have you in here" He looked up at us accusingly, "are you sure you made a reservation?"
"Yes," Ben exclaimed. "The lady I talked to said we were booked for this weekend."
"Well let me check again" The Chuck typed furiously at the keyboard while I tried to rhyme 'how many letters can a wood chuck type if a wood chuck could type letters...no it doesn't work. Ben then looked uneasily at me and I grabbed his hand in nervousness. It was like waiting for the announcement of the Grammy awards.
Oh and also, I had driven 5 hours to get here and there was NO way I was going to turn around.
"Ben Warriner, here you are" He said.
I smiled in relief. He called Ben's name. We had won!
"You are booked for June 15th. He raised his eyebrows towards us.
"WHAT" Ben and I both yelled in horror. It was not June 15th. It was not even May or April 15th. It was MARCH 15th - I started to hyperventilate.
What will become of us? Will we have to turn around and go back from whence we came? Or will we tell the park ranger that he better find us a place to stay or we will have to bunk with him tonight .... you'll find out in the next installment of "Spring break 07"
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Well, I for one was not amused at that one bit. I can only imagine how it turns out. I hope well!
I can't wait. When will you continue?
Oh, I can't stand the suspense! Did you guys get eaten by a polar bear? Did Ben kill Chuck and then flee into the woods? Did the Goatman arrive and clear everything up?
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