Does a Sister Steamroll in the Woods?
July 23, 2009
Cobb family vacation was not recession proof this summer. Original plans was a roadtrip to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore. That fell through and we opted for a trip to Michigan and it’s beautiful lakes.
We headed to Lake Otsego to camp for two nights. Just the usual–hot dogs, marshmallows, campfire, and scary stories. My sister had a RV so her family and my mom could sleep in there.
But the real fun was in the big tent. The first night my two sisters and two nieces got yelled at for being too loud at night by the very stern park ranger. We weren’t doing anything wrong– just giggling and steam rolling each other (now this may be just a Cobb or Michigan thing but steamrolling is when you roll over whatever poor soul has to share a bed with you during family get-togethers as you are rolling over them and squishing their organs you yell “steamroller”– fun is had by all).
The next night my oldest sister came to camp and we like to make something called a “Ty Sandwich”–we smoosh Ty between two sisters in a loving hug– Ty’s mouth maybe saying “stop” but her giggles say “I love it”. We also told her about the angry park ranger and how we couldn’t be loud or they’ll kick us out. We decided to torture her with steamrolling and as we rolled over her we covered her mouth and said “no one can hear your screams”. Imagine four sisters and two nieces beating the tar out of each other and they are not aloud to laugh or scream. It was great fun and very memorable. We totally had the church giggles and tried to be completely still when we saw a lantern walk by the outside of our tent. Luckily we did not get busted by the park rangers for illegal steamrolling past quiet hours.
Pack of hot dogs: $3.99 Bug spray: $5.99 Campsite rental: $25 per night. Torturing your sisters in the great outdoors: Priceless.
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