This whole thread I've really enjoyed as it brings back so many memories of being a kid in Idaho and of listening to my uncles tell tall tales around the campfire.

I had one very good outdoor leader who used to have us boys gather around the campfire and he would tell the McManus stories nearly verbatim from memory and with great inflection in his voice. I always felt as if I was there, riding my raft through the "narrows" and paddling with the dog.

I've just started reading these stories to my kids and my oldest (10 years old) really gets his brand of humor.

Very good times....

-Skippy