Armed and Vacationing-the American Way

Hi Ya'all-apparently I've been watching too much Paula Dean on the FoodNetwork.
So sorry about my pitiful blogging record. Things have been a bit nuts lately, what with 7 1/2 hrs a week of physical therapy(it's working!), going back to my gardening job and EC's ongoing migraine saga(I'm spending more damn time at the High school than he is!!) I barely have time to clean the house- let alone shower or write my blog. I may almost see the light at the end of the tunnel (all though it's currently obscured by a whole lot of rain) in the form of a much needed vacation at the end of June. For some reason I agreed to load into a camper(a vacation?) with my husband and 2 children and drive around some of our beautiful western states. Until I read Audubon magazine in the allergist's office today I was feeling pretty good about the whole thing. National Parks are safe wholesome place-right? WRONG ! Apparently some senator, along with the NRA has decided that National Parks are no longer safe for "unarmed tourists". Go figure, all the problems in the world and some idiotsenator(maybe this could be a new word like"vainglorious"-I saw in US News-I swear) from Oklahoma decides that someones freakin' rights are being violated because they can't shoot the camper next to them whose playing the theme from 'Deliverance' all night while drinking grain alchohol from the bottle. Can you imagine, since the 1930's we've managed to survive in our National Parks with no weapons other than a barbeque fork and a spouse that snores (this seems to repel more people than the fork). Now the NRA says," Hey,we need to be able to shoot things- just in case". In case what? In case a wild, drug addled crack dealer cruises up in his armored $300,000 RV and tries to take the camper? Dude, he can have it-I'll probably give him the family too depending on how far into the "vacation" we are. Think about this- other than guys who kill for kicks and giggles (found apparently mostly in Oklahoma and on TV ) what reason would anyone have to bother a bunch of people who have barely showered, not shaved and spent all their money on gas for a vehicle that's main claim to fame is you can crap while you roll ?!? We can only hope this bill will not succeed, but just in case, as soon as we pick up the RV we're heading straight to GunsandAmmo-R-Us (a.k.a. the nearest Walmart) to pick up a nice flamethrower. Even if we never have to defend ourselves at least we can have one hell of a barbeque with our trusty fork!