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One of my favorite childhood memories was camping with my family. If I'm correct, in some way or fashion, we camped in every state on the east coast. One of the best places to camp was in Point Sebego, Maine. There was an unbelievable resort with gorgeous lakes and loads of activities around the clock. Some of the best moments were the ping pong tournaments and dog shows. We even had our favorite space for the trailer (or site), hence the title of the post. My most vivid memory was my Dad scaring the crap out of me when some friends and I were coming back to the site, after watching Halloween at movie night. SeriousIy, I almost pooped my pants...but I digress...

I still love being in the outdoors, but haven't camped in years. Sometimes I camped, but it wasn't at a fancy resort or in tent in the wilderness. I'm talking camping for tickets. Once I camped out for Billy Joel tickets in 20 degree weather. We waited in front of the University Box Office on campus and plugged in microwaves and space heaters into the outlets on the veranda. Still nearly froze. The other times were for Gator football. The university used to let students stay overnight in the stadium in order to pick up tickets for the Georgia game and the Sugar Bowl. We used to be able to play on the field due to it being artificial turf. Sleeping on the bleachers was an adventure. Now, give me a couch, cell phone and ticketmaster...

The reason why I decided to write about this topic is that something jarred my memory tonight on the way home from sucking at bowling. Right now, there are people camped out at Best Buy...waiting for a video game. I think it is the Vic Commodore or something like that. I can understand waiting endless hours for a one time event, but for electronics? Next week I was thinking about grabbing a sleeping bag and hang out in front of Wal-mart. There's a new toaster oven that's coming out that also toasts bagels...on both sides...