Early Platz Life

Two and a half decades ago Jill and I spent much of our time here at The Platz living out of a tent.  No trailer, no house, no running water and no indoor plumbing.  We did have a tent, a tarp, a picnic table, a solar shower and a home-built pit toilet.  And we did just fine for a number of years.

Eventually, we purchased a park-model trailer home not too far away and ultimately built a house..  The ancestral campsite was largely forgotten and has fallen into disuse.  The picnic table remains in use - but on the edge of the drive at the house.

The grandkids arrive today and grandson has been promised a camping overnite with Opa.  As a consequence, I tidied-up the old campsite - cutting back enough space to pitch a tent, rebuilt the council ring and straightened-out some bends in the tripod that holds the grill.











Things cleaned-up rather nice I might add.

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BTW - that tripod is a homebuilt number that I cobbled-together in 1976 from electrical conduit, swing set chain, a Weber grill grate and some odd bits of hardware.  No complaints from the builder/customer as it's been weathering the elements here at the fire pit since the summer of 1994.