George Washington was familiar with camping. He did it during the French and Indian War, the Battle of Boston, of New York, of Trenton and Princeton, and his favorite, at Yorktown. With many adventures in between. He was a good camper, and a great tactician. Although he did get a little bit better accommodations at camping than most of his soldiers.

I still suspect he sometimes felt a little bit like Lucy in a Peanuts comic strip. The comic strip goes like this:

Lucy is at her desk with the sign above, which declares: “Psychiatric Help 5 cents.” Well it was really a cent sign, which my keyboard doesn’t have.

The doctor is in (Lucy) and she is visited by Charlie Brown, the patient.

Lucy says to Charlie: “This fear of going to camp is something you’ve got to overcome!”

Then she continues: “It’ll be good for you! It’ll teach you to stand on your own two feet! This is just the sort of experience you need!”

So Charlie Brown asks Lucy: “How about you? Are you going to camp this summer?”

To which Lucy replies: “AND LEAVE MY GOOD HOME? DON’T BE REDICULOUS!!!”

That must be the catch phrase of most campers! Yes, including George Washington!!! He loved his Mount Vernon.