Wednesday, July 13, 2016

A Quick Note About the English Language

By the time I got around to reserving campsites for this trip, it was a challenge finding two adjacent campsites that could fit my family.

Here in the Moraine Campground, there are four loops: A-loop, B-loop, C-loop, and D-loop.

Loops A, C, and D were filled. Only loop B had any available sites.

It turns out that Loops A, C, and D have bathroom facilities with running water.

B-loop has "Vault Toilets."

"A 'Vault' toilet?" you might ask. "What is a 'vault' toilet?"

Well, generally, a "vault" is a secure and heavily guarded repository where you keep valuable goods, like cash, jewelry, and precious artifacts.

In camping parlance, a "vault toilet" is a hole in the ground where you put your poop.

Anyway, I'm a middle-aged man with poor digestion. Over the past 7 hours I've made three deposits in the vault.

Camping is fun.

Editor's note: of all the vault toilets I've ever used, the ones at this campground were the best. They had some kind of heavy-duty ventilation that made breathing actually possible.