The drive from San Francisco to Guerneville was an uneventful end to a very long travel day. The boys from Under One Roof were doing a weekend away and Frank had the honor of setting up our new Costco Tent (a.k.a. the Taj) for the two of us. In theory, the ten is configured to sleep 9 people. The reality, it is the perfect size for two 6'4" men.
The weekend was a relaxing one and Saturday was spent touring Korbel, eating and of course preparing our white trash dinner! Our resort had seen better days, though according to legend (See below) we could have been camping over the site where the body of a Marine was found - the victim of some of Charles Manson's followers.
I lived in a slummy trailer park called Parker's Resort on Neeley Road in Guerneville. Folklore has it that Charles Manson's Family had lived here in the 60's. (On November 8, 1972, a hiker discovered a hand protruding from the ground. It belonged to a 26 year old Marine who had been shotgunned and decapitated. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and two Aryan Brotherhood prison escapees were subsequently arrested in Stockton and charged with the murder.) The campground had hundreds of chickens, both hens and roosters, descendents of those raised by the Family. They lived wild, under trailers, in trees, shrubs, and junked cars. Every time I opened my trailer door, 30 chickens would stampede into my home on the hunt for bread crumbs, dog food, or anything else I had.
A good time was had and prospects look good for a second weekend in the future.
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