Posted: May 20, 2008, 10:08 AM CST
LOL...never played hookie, but got caught our Senior Class Hookie Day
weekend in Canada with beer at one of thier National Parks.
Ok here is the story for all those that like details.
They decided to give the Senior class of my new high school....a Senior Day Hookie Day.....made it into a longweekend of Fri/Sat/Sun. We lived right on the Canadian border. Legal age was 21 in our state and 18
in Canada. So a small group of us (6) planned a three day camping trip to a Canada National Park on Lake Huron. Beaches and that sort of thing. Enroute we stopped and picked up some Canadian finest beers (Molsn Golden)at one of their Liquore Store Outlets.
So we get the park.....at the enterance.....'No alcohic beverages' is posted.....but this is not going to stop some 18 years Americans headed to a good time on the beach that night. Just puts into play operation 'Hide 'em When You Got 'em'.
I have to admit...was my idea to bury the threes case of beer on the beach where later we were to party. Little devil that I am. We have set up camp near some others.....they saw what we going to do reported us to the Park Rangers. We go and bury the beer, come back to camp and there are two rangers ready to have this discussion with us on park rules.
Unfortunerally one of my buddies had gotten overzealous. He opened a case and slipped some out. He and a couple others had been left behind to finish the campsite. The rangers had him cold....open Molesn Golden in hand. So the concept of pausible denieability was off the table at this point. The only question was, what were we facing in fines and creating a international incident on our Senior Skip day.
Being the negotiator that I am, I took the lead negotiated it down to forfieture of the three cases of beer. Debate among the 6 was to break into the Park Ranger office that night and reclaim our beverages. But cooler heads prevailed.....and we made it home safely
from the wilds of Canada.