My youngest boy soon 5 years of age has named several imaginary animals which he claims live out in the woods at deer camp.
My favorite of these animals is the "chickenbuck"
there are many others such as the leopard squirrel, the flying bear, the giant swamp squid & several more.
But the chicken buck was his first creation.
He is an avid chickenbuck hunter.(self proclaimed) I've seen him hunt them with a pop gun. Though I myself have never seen the chickenbuck, there are several artist's renderings of said creature now in circulation.
We're having fun with it, the name. I could tag my own family name to the camp but it would lose value in my mind because it would seem selfish under our unique circumstances. It's a shared camp. It is a family camp.
But it's a big family with more than one last name.
So, to compliment the effort to make all members feel equally at home, a fun name like Camp Chickenbuck works just fine.
I think.
I'm the camp boss I suppose, if there ever comes a need for such a thing. But so far I haven't had to wear that hat, I'm just one of the camp members and that's the way I like it.
It's much funner that way.
Ron, do you suppose a naming ceremony is in order?
