Who camps on road trips?

[cactusjack]

Not trying to get off topic too much, but I have to tell this story. When I graduated high school in 1977, my buddy and I bought 12 cases of beer and we drove up to a place my folks had in Island Park Idaho, not far from Yellowstone Park. My dad had a big, 12 man inflatable raft up there, and we spent some time floating the Snake River. We had put the raft in at Big Springs, which is where the Henry's Fork of the Snake River begins. It's a huge natural spring and the water is as clear as tap water until a couple of creeks empty into it. We were going to float down to the Mack's Inn bridge, about 6 miles. He was in the bow and I was at the stern, and we were just floating along, enjoying the June sunshine, drinking Schlitz malt liquor (hey, we were only 18). We were going around a bend and we heard a sound like water running. Soon we could see a huge bull moose standing in the river, relieving himself. My friend was a city boy from Chicago and had no clue what to do. I told him to be still and quiet and we'd get through it. We floated past the moose about 10' away from him. He looked at us, we looked at him. We didn't have a camera with us. After we passed him, he went back to munching moss off the river bottom. It was something I'll never forget. I also got the worse sunburn I'd ever had.