Back From Camping (and Five “Redneck” Moments)

Eternal optimist that I am, I keep saying that Covid has had some unintended benefits.

One of those is because we couldn’t do a winter trip this year, it also meant we had more holidays to take in the summer – two weeks in July but also two weeks in August which we don’t usually get.

We’ve just completed that second two weeks stretch and I also chuckle thinking how I think of myself as left-wing and progressive but I also do a lot of things that are probably considered “redneck” by other left-wing people when I’m camping.

For example…

1. Attend a Demolition Derby

2. Drink Jack Daniels regularly (including sometimes as my first drink of the day before noon.  Er, try it with iced tea – great refreshing early morning beverage!) 😉

3. Use duct tape to (try to) fix anything that breaks (sorry, don’t have a photo of any of my creations.)

4. Hang out with relatives of Shea’s after a funeral who are actually proud to identify as *real* rednecks – a mixture of bikers/ranchers/oil field workers.  But people can surprise you – one guy who was a dead ringer for Bobby “Elvis” Munson in the show “Sons of Anarchy” waxed absolutely poetic about his love of purple Empress gin!) 🙂


5. Attend a pro ‘rasslin show where only a handful of people in the building were wearing masks (and one is a combatant!) ;-).

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