Greys & Things

We went camping this weekend and we had two teenagers and one pre-teenager in our group who went through texting withdrawal.  We were at a campground where cell phone service was hard to come by.  I knew the moment that the one teen stepped out of the truck that she was in for a shock.  She had her cell phone in her hand and looked like she would cry when she announced that she did not have a signal.

The teens checked their phones almost constantly the first night.  They would become excited if they were able to get a “bar” and they would text as fast as they could to the outside world.  The checking dwindled down as the weekend went on, but I know the phones were not put away.  They had them in their pockets and from time to time one would announce that a message had come through.

 It’s sad that so many devices are brought to campgrounds now.  What happened with re-connecting to family around the campground?  I have to admit that I plan to purchase a new laptop in the near future so that I can take it with me when we travel.  It will be for work though, really it will be.