Would you, could you, be my neighbor, if I gave you a beer?

It was a slow day at camp.  First we had to patch The Commanders tire.  The Commander has an idea we should work for the Forest Service so she spent a good part of the day dealing with applications. It may provide us with a free pickup truck, and electricity.  The job would be checking hiking trails.  The idea is to get some benefits for what we already do.  Most people think the government is inefficient, but when you see it in action you know the tax payer gets a pretty good deal. Volunteers do most of the work for little or nothing. The real employees drive around and act busy.  For every real employee there are at least two volunteers.  The volunteers are old geasers trying to live cheap.

As the day progressed it was mostly social duties.  A bullshit session with Gary.  Gary told one old story and one new one about his love life.  Gary used to have a girlfriend only on weekends.  Apparently it worked well for four years.  Talked some stock trading strategy with Ryan. Contrary to all the warnings Kadizzle is thinking about trying to play the market timing game.  Next a sunshine bottle of beer with Ryan when the NRA dinger showed up.  Old NRA hates Obama and is about as right wing as you can get.  Kadizzle's devil was urging him to bring up politics with old NRA Dwane, but Kadizzle managed to resist.  When NRA Dwane showed up Ryan and Kadizzle were already drinking one of The Commander's beers.  It was apparent NRA Dwane wanted a beer he showed up holding a beer can insulator with no beer.  The Commander would go berserk if Kadizzle gave NRA a beer.  Soon Ryan wandered off with NRA and offered him a beer at Ryan's camp.

The Commander made some great vegetables and pork roast.  Kadizzle has invented a new game called "Stinger".   Each time one of the crew says something out of line they are dealt a card.  After five cards you get no more.  The person with the best hand wins.  Kadizzle has been taking a sting card when The Commander does a good deed just to be fair.  So far The Commander has won about three out of five hands.  If your hand wins before you get all five cards you are the winner.

Since today was a rest day, The Commander is considering some adventures for tomorrow.  One possibility would be to do some motorcycle adventure on the upper end of Cherry Creek.  At any rate it may be a hike and ride day.