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In reply to the discussion: Where's the Worst Place You've Ever Spent the Night? [View all]Marthe48
(16,950 posts)We would go and set up for the weekend, sell some antiques, collectibles, drink, buy some stuff. Unfortunately, it rained that year. Like torrential. My husband and his brother-in-law had come off midnights, and the beer hit them pretty hard. They set up tents while my sister-in-law and I set up out display. It was hilly. They guys set our tent up so the flap was uphill. There was a big tent, but we found out during the afternoon that it leaked. My husband and I crawled into our little pup tent, in our jeans and tee shirts. I woke up about 2 am, utterly soaked. I muttered tearfully to my husband, "we have to get out of this or we'll die!" So we went to our '74 Duster and crawled in there. Unfortunately, our nephew was sleeping in the back seat. So we dozed sitting up in the front seat. Woke up the next day with several starving teens. Some of us took them to the cafeteria building and got a hot meal. I went into the restroom, which was a latrine, with about a foot of water on the floor. It was horrible. We went back to our set-up. While we were gone, our brother-in-law had started charging people $10 to haul their vehicles out of the mud. Then he got his Blazer hung up and he had to pay $10 to get hauled out. It was so muddy and wet,we decided to pack up and go home 2 days early. Best idea ever.