Car key fever

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28360765.post-21766563903730444572007-10-24T23:40:00.000+10:002007-10-24T23:51:20.994+10:00Car key feverWe were a machine, Legion of Fans - a well-oiled, well-trained, experienced bunch of campers, up at the crack of dawn and racing to beat the world-record for tent derection (or whatever the correct term is for pulling one down). We were there. Ahead of scedule, at 0617 hours, 13 minutes ahead of the ambitious time we'd set to be out the gate and on the road, spotting animals in the Kruger National Park. Aunty Blog had swept the tent; uncle blog had organised coffee; Mrs Blog had given lots of orders and Mr Blog was pleasantly sweaty and grubby after rolling 25 kilograms of tent and loading in the back of Uncle and Aunty's rental car. "OK, head 'em up, move 'em out," I said (or something like that). "Where are the keys, hon?" said Uncle Blog to Aunty Blog. "Not locked in the car - I didn't think that was possible with new vehicles," said Mr Blog, whose car is a 23-year-old Land Rover which is virtually impossible to lock. "No," said Aunty Blog. "I unlocked the car before going to bathroom - that's why it's unlocked." "Well, I don't have the keys, hon," said Uncle Blog. "Well, I don't have the keys, hon," said Aunty Blog. Camping with two vehicles can be a tricky business. You end up sharing out certains items of food and kit between the Land Rover and the Nissan X-trail. It's a bummer, when you wake up before the occupants of the other vehicle and need, say, coffee, or beer. So, we devised a clever system where the car keys would be kept in one of those handy nylon mesh pockets in the front of the tent... Which is, of course, where the keys were.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28360765-2176656390373044457?l=tonyparkblog.blogspot.com'/></div>tonyparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642680619668762777noreply@blogger.com9