> > > Does anyone *not* have a "we broke down on
> > > the way to/home from summer/winter
> > > camp/retreat/vacation" story?
> >
> > I'm fairly certain I don't. I can't remember one, anyway. Maybe I do, but it was so horrific I blocked it out.
>
> Then again, not everyone has a "got lost in the mountains and was picked up by a rescue helicopter" story, either. :-)
>
> Trav"at least not in the *Norwegian* mountains..."holt.

True. Then there's the "falling in the Arctic ocean and nearly freezing to death" story (well, 2 of those, actually), the "starting a terrorist bomb scare" story, the "being attacked by a goat" story, the "being shot at by NATO" story, the "midsummers day / arctic circle snowball fight" story...

And then there are the really scary ones that happen when I get drunk. But I never remember those.

winter"childhood: long periods of fun punctuated by random moments of terror"mute