The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-07

speak Of. I'm doubling my trailer
space for next year"
1t may be several years before
trailers are accepted in this spirit
everywhere. AS the covered wag-
onS increase and seek new routes
and territories there will be the
same story of closed doors and at
tempted regulation. Maybe they'll
figure means to halt this army.
The trailerites douL: it.
7 ARGE camps are regular lit
IL tie towns. They are arranged
in streets, rows or clusters, depend
ing on the topography, drainage,
trees and grass plots.
You drive up to the Office and
an assistant shows you to your
space and backs your trailer in
if you are a novice. Backing
trailers IS an art. You'll have
them in your lap the first time
you try it.
Attach the extension cord to a
nearby socket and unhitch the
car. If you want to be fancy, rig
up the striped awning from the
side of the trailer to a couple of
tent poles and unlimber the camp
chairs. You are settled for a day
or year.
Trash and garbage cans are
placed at intervals. Restrooms
are usually new and clean. There
are wash tubs and lines in the
rear and hot water for showers.
On clay ground it's a good idea
to place a bucket under the drain
from the sink. Not necessary on
sandy soil.
Parking privileges cost a dollar
or two a week. At Clearwater we
paid SITS, which included cleo
tricity and an extra Is cents for
a third adult. One new camp
near Miami charges IS week
and everything is of the finest.
A MUSEMENTS? Just about
1 n what you find at any re-
sort. Switchboard, volleyball, a
community house for cards, chess,
checkers and dominoes. Fishing
is where you find it. Golf and
tennis on nearby courts and
courses for a moderate fee. What
do you expect for $3.50?
The large camps have dances
nearly every night. Otherwise, a
beano game with a hundred or so
playing. No admission charge, but
you are expected to be men,
Der of the association.
The men gather to discuss the
best roads and camps from one
end of the nation to another. If
town is unfriendly to trailers
the word spreads fast and black
mark goes on the map.
Women exchange ideas on the
best stoves, beds, water tanks and
lighting arrangements. They are
forever Fostering their men to rig
them up a gadget seen in another
trailer. There is time for sewing,
knitting and making shell lamps
and pine needle baskets for the
stay-at-homeS.
Ice, papers, groceries and 1aun-
dry are delivered at the door. Con-
ceSSioYS are valuable
THAT is life in the trailer
l. camps. But there is another
life, more adventurous, indepen-
dent and costing even less.
The lone wolf is apt to look
down on his brother in the camps:
consider him something of a softly.
Many trailer owners never pay a
cent for a place to park. Tt is a
question of principle. Then, too,
they want to be alone. They are
forever venturing up side roads,
chopping brush along narrow
trails to reach distant lake or
stream.
While on the move they sail
right by camps and park wherever
darkness finds them. They are the
true descendants Of the covered
wagon folk. They carry a store of
emergency rations for the time
when floods or mechanical
troubles maroon them in the
wildS.
When new roads are opened
they are the first to enter. Where
the roads end they may blaze their
own trail.
They seek spot where the sun
always shines and fish always
bite. Since, of course, they'll never
find 1t, they'll never stop.