Question

Excerpt from: The Best Camping Trip of his Life Tracy Wilson When David arrived Landon met him at the door grinning like someone who’d just won the lottery. An hour later, they were setting up camp. Before long, they headed to the creek bank with fishing poles in hand. As they each sat on a five gallon bucket, few words were spoken, but David knew that old wounds were healing. As Landon reeled in a tiny brim he looked over at his dad and said, ‘You know what Dad, this is the most fun I’ve ever had.’ Even though his throat was tightening in an effort to hold back tears, David managed to say, ‘Me too Son, me too.’ What is the primary setting of the story?

Answer 1

The primary setting of this story seems to be a campground, or an outdoors location, where a father and a son were spending a day together fishing. It seems that both characters were, or had been, hurt, but after being together, or reunited, for a few hours the father soon realized that their suffering had been mitigated ("... David knew that old wounds were healing"). The two characters appear to cherish their time together greatly.