Campin Out!

MEMORIES OF SUMMER, 1988 by Patty M.

Okay, so summer has passed us by. And I never got to catch up with you to see how yours went. How was it? Did you enjoy every hot little minute? Or are you looking forward to the arctic months ahead to snap the old body thermostat back into shape?

Well, I fell somewhere in between. There's a lot to be said for summer in the City of Cleveland ... it was just hard to keep the interest up with some of the highest temps in more than 30 years! and, of course, there was NO air conditioning in my life. A hot apartment, a steamy office, a car with black Naugahyde seats and a dog whose tongue was dragging from July one. We're talking seriously hot here. But it got better. Once I accepted that my body pores were to remain open for three months and that deodorant was simply a nice gesture, I took it all a lot less personally.

So, what else was there to do this summer besides sweat? DANCIN' IN THE STREETS was a lot of fun ... especially if you're into beer and drag queens. No offense ladies, it's just that the drag show was kind of lengthy. I give you LOADS of credit for coming out in 90-degree weather in pantyhose ... and actually all that spilled beer was kind of refreshing if you don't mind smelling like the floor of the Leather Stallion! But, hey, let's do something REALLY fun next year. How about utilizing some of the talent from the lesbian community... and then maybe setting up a Mexican pinata of homophobic radio disc jockey John

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Lanigan and letting the drag queens

slap him down with their summer bags! Now THAT would be worth the price of admission!

Moving right along on summertime hit parade, the Cleveland Zoo presented the golden monkey exhibit from China, while Toledo declared a state of "panda-monium" with its Giant Panda attraction. (The fact that you don't have to drive to Toledo makes the Cleveland Zoo that much more attractive.

OK, first the golden monkeys. Cute they're not. Well, cute in a "they're so ugly they're cute" sort of way. It's hard to tell exactly what they look like because they huddled as soon as they saw us coming. I can tell you a lot about their backs. Lots of long golden hair. The faces are worth waiting for though white with a natural frown.

To the west, the Toledo Zoo did some pretty heavy advertising about is Giant Pandas which incidentally, at 4 feet tall, if they're "giant" then I'm the Abominable Snowperson! They are much cuter than the golden monkeys, even if they're into the same "Quick, they're coming, let's pretend we're asleep and maybe they'll go away" routine.

I did find two other exhibits of greater interest. The Hippo House is not be be missed. Inside it's lined with glass walls separating the visitor from the hippo pond, which allows you a spectacular view of these guys doing their thing under water. A swimming hippo is hard to describe. Something like a huge black pig with heavy mascara doing underwater ballet. It must be seen to be believed!

Next, for a mere $1.50 you can ride on Dale the Elephant. You wait in line for 25 minutes, which gives you all sorts of time to consider whether or not this is a seriously stupid thing to do. And then they only walk you around the elephant pathway once, which seems like a rip-off. Yet, dear readers, once around the block via elephant is just about all the human hind end can take.

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So let's see. There was swimming and Riverfest and picnics and the GPC's Anniversary Party (you shoulda been there!) and many other things I wanted to do, but alas, I was already committed... climbing back up on my passionate pachyderm... "Once more around the park shall we, Dale my little darling?"▼

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