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What was it like to live in a logging camp?


What did you learn about living in a lumber camp?
What was it like?
-The conditions were terrible: over crowded, poorly insulated, bad hygiene
-They had a lot of fun: they played cards, danced jigs, louse fights, sang songs
- They worked six days a week. Sunday was for rest, praying, and visiting priests
-It was smokey in there and fragrant with drying clothes.
-It was gross: not a lot of showers, they all have lice, lots of spitting - lowgiene
-They all slept under one blanket
-Why live like that? They were with all the other dudes, lots of bromance
-It was cold living in an uninsulated log cabin
-They danced a lot of jigs

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