Matched Luggage

As I packed to go on our trip to KY I was looking around for ways to pack lots of stuff for the camp and of course the trusty Wal Mart bag came to mind. After I had packed a few items in the Wal Mart bags it suddenly dawned on me I now had "reuseable" Wal Mart bags (not that I ever remember to take them in the store, but thats another whole story). So out to the car I go and retrieve the reuseable bags (they have to stay in the car so I remember to take them in to the store - HA!!) and as suspected they worked marveously. Now I am at camp and unpacking the supplies and setting up the camp (what we affectionately call nesting) and as I unpack the Wal Mart bags I am reminded of Lennie. Lennie was a friend of the family - a cantankerous old coot -but he had an affection for our family and in his own way looked out for all of us even though we sometimes deemed it an intrusion. One day Lennie told us he had a set of matched luggage he used for all his travels and then revealed the matched luggage was actually two plastic Wal Mart bags:

This old joke never failed to bring tremendous delight and laughter to Lennie and subsequently to all of us.

So as I unpacked my "reuseable" Wal Mart Bags I thought of Lennie and what a fancy set of matched luggage he could now have if he were still with us. These are the "Samsonite" of the "matched luggage" industry:

Rest in peace Lennie - you still make us laugh.