Our camping season had gotten off to a rocky start, it rained just about the whole month of May and we dealt with catastrophic electrical issues in June. But we were finally pretty well settled into our new camper at our new campground and we had a three-day weekend coming up for the Fourth of July. Dave and I were really looking forward to it.
We had friends who were planning on staying at the campground that weekend and it was going to be great— and it started out that way. We all hung out for a bit, even the dogs got along OK. Our 13 1/2-year-old Beagle and our friends' 7-year-old Boxer decided they were just a couple of old guys and settled into their respective spots in the grass for naps.
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