Bath, Pa. USA.
"Our 4th Of July Week Camping Trip: "1956""
When I was a your boy and well into my teens I loved to fish.
One week during the summer of 1956 myself and some friends
went on a weeks camping and fishing trip over the 4th. of July
week to a lake called: "North Jersey" in Gouldsboro, Pa. USA. which
is about 25 to 30 miles southeast of Scranton, Pa. USA.
The lake is now private and there are quite a lot of homes that
have been built around the lake. I also beleive the name of the lake
is changed to: Big Bass Lake. I'm not sure. One of these days I will
go up that way for a drive and check out the name.
I was 20 years old and not married at the time we went on this
camping trip.
We started out from our homes in Dunmore, Pa. USA. We filled the car
with all we needed for camping. Food...Clothes for the week...Fishing
Gear...etc. I did not want a gun with us, however, we did take our
hunting knives and a first aid kit. back then we did not have cell
phones or CB radios. We were pretty much on our own camping for the week.
If we needed help for any reason we would have to row back across the
lake to get some aid.
We drove to the lake in Gouldsboro via route 611. There wasn't
any super highways back then like there are now. We parked the car.
Rented a boat for the week. I don't remember how much the boat cost but
it wasn't much. We filled the boat with our gear. We rowed across the
lake to the opposite shore which was away from homes and people. We
rowed back and forth twice for we had a lot of gear for the 3 of us.
Above picture is me rowing the boat with our camping gear.
When we got to our camp site across the lake we began to unload
the boat. We did not have a tent, however, we did have a good size
tarp. We found two 4 inch thick trees we cut about 6 to 7 feet long.
We dug two holes about 2 feet deep and planted the tree poles in
them. After setting the tree poles in the dirt, we ran a rope from
pole to to pole. We then draped the large tarp over the rope and
made ourselves a tent. It worked out pretty good as you can see in
the pictures below. The home made tent worked our great for the week.
In the above pictures is my wife Gini and others. You can see the
home made tent that we made.
The above picture is me fishing in the boat.
Thats me in the above picture.
My wife Gini in the above picture.
In the above picture: Gini and her friend.
If you look close in the background you can see
a lantern hanging in the tree which my dad Charles
senior let us use for the week.
That same Lantern belonged to my Grandfather:
"William Giannetta."
Picture of my Dad's Lantern that we used on our camping
trip. I now own the Lantern. The Lantern is quite old.
In the above picture: Gini and her friend.
Our friend doing some fishing.
- Thanks.
