radition...) head for the water hole to jump off the rocks or off the waterfall...other traditions during our week camping are hotdogs at Costco, all-you-can-eat ribs at Montanas, and lots of card playing - hearts and spades...each year it seems we've added to the traditions with some new activity, meal or excursion. As I've reflected on this tradition, it's been somewhat comical (and in some ways a sad commentary on our 21st-century American culture) that camping has become the one week we live without cellphones, tv, or internet. We unplug and slow down...We sleep in tents, don't shave, take fewer showers (OK...we don't need all the details)...in short, we rush all year, live with constant excess, to then "PAY" for a week of simplicity...isn't this somehow backward? Shouldn't we live simple lives that are periodically interrupted with celebration (sometimes planned and sometimes spontaneous) that even sometimes spills over into excess?
