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Then she started looking up nearby campsites and found one that had potential. Welcome to Paradise. CAMPERS" EDEN LUXURY CAMPSITE 42 acres of well-manicured grounds just off the highway Accommodations for all budgets! AFFORDABLE FAMILY FUN! Check out our swimming pool! PET FRIENDLY! What caught my eye was the word "luxury". After getting a taste of "real" camping, I was ready for something a little more UPMARKET.

接着她开始查找附近的营地，找到了一个看着还不错的选择。 欢迎来到天堂。 露营者伊甸园 豪华营地 紧邻高速公路，占地42英亩，园区打理整洁 满足各种预算需求！ 平价亲民，全家欢乐！ 快来体验我们的游泳池！ 欢迎宠物入住！ 吸引我的是“豪华”这两个字。 体验过“真正的”野营之后，我已经准备好去更高档一点的地方了。

I knew from Sunday school that "Eden" was another word for paradise, so that sounded promising. The way I remember it, Adam and Eve got kicked out of the Garden of Eden because one of them was tempted to eat an apple from a forbidden tree. If it was ME, I wouldn't have given up paradise for a piece of fruit. It would've had to have been for something GOOD, like cake.

我在主日学校就学过，“伊甸园”就是天堂的另一个说法，所以这听起来很让人期待。 我记得的故事是，亚当和夏娃被逐出伊甸园，因为他们其中一个受诱惑偷吃了禁果树上的苹果。 如果换作是我，我才不会为了一块水果放弃天堂呢。 得是好吃的东西才行，比如蛋糕。

It took us most of the day to get to Campers" Eden. But, when we crossed the bridge and got our first look at the place, I could see why they named it the way they did.

我们花了大半天时间才到达露营者伊甸园。 但当我们过桥，第一眼看到这个地方的时候，我明白他们为什么给营地起这个名字了。

We pulled up to the lodge and went inside, where a member of staff told us about all the awesome stuff they had at the campsite, like a games room and a pool and sandpits, plus a lake with canoes and kayaks. There was also a shower block where you could take a hot shower, which was the thing MOM was most excited about. What I liked was that each pitch had its own sewer hook-up. The inside of our camper van was starting to smell like a monkey house, and I was really looking forward to our sewage tank getting flushed out.

我们把车开到旅馆门口然后进去，工作人员告诉我们营地里有好多很棒的设施，比如游戏室、游泳池、沙坑，还有湖里可以划独木舟和皮划艇。 还有公共淋浴间可以洗热水澡，这可是妈妈最兴奋的一点。 我喜欢的是每个营位都有下水道接口。 我们露营车里面已经快臭得像猴舍了，我真的太期待把污水箱清空了。

Mom told the member of staff we'd like a pitch with a lake view. But the woman told Mom that people booked those WAY ahead of time, and that the only spots left were in the economy lot. &HIGHWAY DELUXE CAMPSITES MAIN CAMP LODGE STORE SNACK POOL LAUNDRETTE SHOWERS GAMES ROOM SANDPITS RECREATION FIELD ECONOMY SITES I guess Mom was focused on that hot shower, so she said we'd take whatever they HAD. And, after we paid up for the week, we drove our camper van down the hill to find our pitch. The further down the hill we went, the smaller the pitches got. And when we found our spot Dad could barely fit the camper van on to the concrete pad.

妈妈跟工作人员说我们想要一个临湖的营位。 但是那位女士告诉妈妈，那些位置很早之前就被订完了，现在只剩下经济区的营位了。 &公路旁豪华营地 主营地 服务中心 商店 小吃 游泳池 洗衣房 淋浴间 游戏室 沙坑 活动场 经济营位 我猜妈妈满脑子都是热水澡，所以她说剩下什么我们就要什么。 付完一周的费用后，我们开着露营车下山去找我们的营位。 越往山下走，营位变得越小。 等我们找到位置的时候，爸爸几乎没法把露营车停进水泥停车位。

After we parked, Mom unloaded the camping chairs while Dad tried to figure out how to flush the sewage tank. I wanted to be as far away as possible when he got that process started. So I told Mom and dad I was gonna go off and explore the campsite.

停好车之后，妈妈把露营椅搬下来，爸爸琢磨怎么排空污水箱。 他开始弄的时候，我想离得越远越好。 所以我跟爸爸妈妈说我要去营地四处探索一下。