Three happy campers

1982 - bath time for Butch & April in our new Jayco camper.

1982 - Carl & Joey, Joan & April at Mauthe Lake State Park.

1981 - Jim, Kim, Kelly, Angie,dad, mom, Joan and April.

We camped with April for two summers. She died at the end of August, 1982, just a few days from going camping with Jack, Jean & Jennifer.

During her first summer with April just a few months old, the 6'x6' tent was replaced by a rented camper for vacation at Mauthe Lake with a whole bunch of Hintzelmans - Jim, Kim, Kelly, Angie, mom, dad and us three.

During the next summer Joey was a new addition for my brother and Kim and our new addition was a pop-up Jayco camper.

Camping lead to many bumps and bruises and mosquito bites. A number of bumps resulted from climbing onto the picnic table bench and then falling off. She was proud to stand and walk the bench but since that was discouraged she mostly sat on the edge and watched mom. She ate dinner while sitting in her own lawn chair and used the bench as her table.

In the camper she had one wing to herself. She would sit on her suitcase and look out of the screen instead of napping.