My "innovation" that gets the most comment in camp is really nothing new, since there is a commercial product that "does the same thing."

If you take two of the "snapper" - or spring type - clothespins and fasten them together, with the ends "reversed," you get a "clip" that can attach to, for example, the little hang-down flap on your camper awning, with a separate clip on the other end that can hold up a sidewall canvas to shade your cooler. Also very handy for hanging a string of lights around your shade canvas - or to a "clothesline" rope strung up anywhere.

The "durable" version is made from heavy wooden clothespins with a "water resistant" carpenter's glue. For the "deluxe" version, yo press two plastic clips against a hot flatiron until the plastic starts to flow, and then just press them together until cool.

Don't make less than about 100 at a shot, because they're so handy you'll use a lot of them - if you use any. You'll want them about 12 - 18 inches apart to hang lights, or about every 6" for a plastic "tarp" of any size.

You can actually buy a "double clip" from Coleman Outdoor, but they're about $.90 per clip, and are too small to be really handy. They're also so small they take "two hands" to operate.

John