Game & Fish West

THE COMFORTS OF CAMP

Shane and his father liked to camp in early spring while it was still cool at night. Their first time out they brought only the necessities, just as Shane’s father said he’d done when he was a boy. They had a big plastic tarp for a lean-to and a couple wool blankets. In a single wooden trunk, they packed rope, an ax, coffee pot, lantern, fishing tackle and

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