Suppose you had the opportunity to design your own Fantasy Adult
Camp. Now by fantasy I mean
”
all out,
”
but by adult I don’t mean pornographic. That mix up can occur
like when a few years ago my husband, noticing that we had sent all
the kids to activities away from home and had an evening to
ourselves with my sister and brother-in-law, my husband suggested
to my brother-in-law that they go get some adult films.
Suppose you had the opportunity to design your own Fantasy Adult Camp. Now by fantasy I mean “all out,” but by adult I don’t mean pornographic. That mix up can occur like when a few years ago my husband, noticing that we had sent all the kids to activities away from home and had an evening to ourselves with my sister and brother-in-law, my husband suggested to my brother-in-law that they go get some adult films. My brother-in-law gasped and said, “I don’t do that sort of thing!” Being the slightly naïve San Martin native, my husband look quizzical and explained, “I just meant a movie with more than a ‘G’ rating.”
So this slightly more than “G” rated adult camp would be designed by you, my readers, and a poll of locals.
Inspiration for this came from dropping my daughter off at a Marin County Girl Scout Camp and my sons to Boy Scout Camp all in the same week. I’m home alone. I wanted to go to my own camp.
Forgetting that this was not to be pornographic, my husband blurted out his fantasy camp idea, “An open bar with topless women and lots of trampolines!”
Chris Bevilacqua of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce issued her fantasy, “To spend a week with Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band in the Caribbean learning to play steel drums.” Can you say Parrot Head? “Oh, yes,” confirmed Chris. “My sister (Linda Trelut) and I are not groupies of the band, we’re stalkers!” Dave Peoples, of Gilroy’s Nimble Thimble laughed and said he had a business full of men who at that moment would help to build the camp. Peoples admitted, “If I had my fantasy camp I would make it at home, without anybody to call me or bug me with a whole week of not shaving, showering or clothes.” John Tomasello of Tomasello Floor Covering yelled out in the Nimble Thimble, “A week with Dale Earnhardt!”
The answers did not always come so quickly. Bryn Calderon of the Hollister Chamber of Commerce hesitated. “Without my kids?” Calderon asked. “I would go with my husband on horseback and ride through a South American rainforest.
“I saw something on the Travel Channel the other day like that and thought, ‘that’s my kind of vacation.'” Of course as I polled people they wanted to know other people’s fantasies. Ron Martin, owner of Postnet in Hollister, wanted to know Calderon’s idea. “Oh, that’s interesting but I’d have a week of golfing at Pebble Beach, yeah, Pebble Beach for a week.”
One person close to the whole camp idea is Susan Andrade Wax, director of Community Services for the city of Gilroy. Susan explained her profession is to know what kids fantasize about but has never had the question posed to her.
“Wow, I get to pick a fantasy camp? I’d like a week at Tablas Creek Winery in Paso Robles learning everything I can about winemaking. Or to drive a fast car but not after sampling the wine! Or as a guinea pig for massage students.”
Luxury and service were on the minds of my sister, Bridget Prince, and Morgan Hill resident and home stager, Molly McGarvey. Bridget described her camp as, “luscious pools, balmy breezes and lots of massages.”
Molly described, “fluffy, warm towels, cold champagne,and someone that follows you around the whole week meeting your every need. Oh, and a jacuzzi!”
No need for a jacuzzi for Troy van Dam of Marich Confectionary. “I love the outdoors; fishing, camping and dirt biking.”
“Have you been able to do any of those things lately, Troy?” I queried.
“No, I haven’t,” said Troy. He thought awhile and came up with, “On the beach in Mexico drinking beer.”
Would that be with chocolate? “That’s an acquired taste,” explained Troy.
This idea for an adult summer camp, like most of my other ideas, is severely under-funded. That’s why we call it a fantasy.
If you’d care to e-mail your own idea, send them to hi*********@************ch.com. I’ll print them in next week’s column.
Without a camp, the question arises, “What to do?” If you want to help support the Kalogris Foundation for feeding needy children, attend the barbecue from 2 to 4pm Sunday, July 15 at the Morgan Hill Presbyterian Church.
If you want to head further south, July 21 marks the first annual Chicken Festival and Parade in downtown San Juan Bautista.
The event runs from 10am to 5pm. For details, call the San Juan Bautista Chamber of Commerce at (831) 623-2454.
Ciao for now, I have to blow out the fire on my s’more.
