THE CAMPERS

You won’t see this act every weekend, but when it occurs, it is a show to behold. It opens with a family arriving at the ramp parking lot in their car, but no boat. They unload paraphernalia better suited to the beach than to boating, and set up camp at the water’s edge—on the ramp. Puzzled onlookers raise eyebrows amid a collective “huh?”

Undeterred, the campers wade into the water to cool off while trucks and trailers roll in and out, some whizzing close by. The show is usually a short one as the authorities soon notice the odd beach scene, close in, and instruct them to pack up and move, suggesting that next time they choose a designated bathing beach instead of a busy launch ramp. Fade to black.