Chapter 5: It was a Dark and Steamy Night

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Originally uploaded by Fatty Will Rule the World!.

Last weekend we took the pop-a-top and crossed the cultural boundaries of Interstate 35 in order to do some camping at Perdinales (that's perty-nah-lees for you east Texans) Falls State Park. Last week, the daily high temps were in the mid-80's. Saturday it was 102 degrees at the park. Thank the lord we had ice cold beverages, although we were sternly warned against displaying or consuming them in public. That's why god invented those little teeny brown paper bags anyway, right?

Damn skippy and ba'hai.

Although I didn't take an snazzy pictures of the Devil Dog on this trip (it was at the pound...I mean VET...anyway), I do have the following to offer:

Fatty's Top 6 Lessons Learned on the Perty-Nah-Lees Trip

1. Chocolate sheet cake doesn't stay solid in temperatures over 96 degrees.
   
2. "River shoes" aren't just a summer fashion statement. They are actually a NECESSITY to avoid slick rocks and hot sand.
   
3. Some kind of dragonfly larva lives under water, even in fast-moving rivers with rapids, and likes to bite unsuspecting tourists on the butts.
   
4. Ours is the only renegade pop-up on earth without a built-in air-conditioner.
   
5. Travel bingo is much more fun if you yell a lot while playing it.
   
6. Small boys like one thing even better than throwing rocks: peeing on the campfire to make a large hissing plume of stinky steam.