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Well it is Memorial Weekend coming up. I usually take advantage of the long weekend and opening day of fishing season to go camping and do some fishing, then come back mid day monday to visit a few graves. However this year I will be staying home. The weather forecast is cold with rain and snow mix!! As well as the area that I usually go still has about 2 feet of snow on the ground. Global warming
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going to a wedding....manu is crashing, j/kOriginally Posted by MtnBiker
Well it is Memorial Weekend coming up. I usually take advantage of the long weekend and opening day of fishing season to go camping and do some fishing, then come back mid day monday to visit a few graves. However this year I will be staying home. The weather forecast is cold with rain and snow mix!! As well as the area that I usually go still has about 2 feet of snow on the ground. Global warming
Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. ~Zen Buddhist Proverb
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I've only been camping once, and it was near the Appalachian Trail in PA. I think I could be the poster child for what not to do when camping.
First, after endless time cooking chicken over the fire, I dropped it into the fire when trying to take it off to eat it. No dinner for me. Well, there's always breakfast, right?
Rain started to pour down, and not long after we turned in, the tent fell on our heads. No way to really fix it in the dark and during a deluge. So we slept with the tent touching our noses. I was shivering all night.
Next morning, starving due to no dinner, and dying to eat. But, wouldn't you know it, there is a large animal bite taken out of our styrofoam (!) cooler, and the food is gone!
That was a long time ago, and believe it or not, I haven't been camping since. I think I'm a city girl.
Last edited by Abbey Marie; 05-22-2008 at 12:41 AM.
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I don't work all year to pay my mortgage just to pretend I'm homeless for a week.
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Hahhaaha, that's hilarious! I actually like camping, though I haven't done it since last October.Camping...
I don't work all year to pay my mortgage just to pretend I'm homeless for a week.
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Me and the boy are planning some nice hikes this weekend with a few of his buddies. Since the trails are under ten miles, and within 20 minutes drive of the cabin, we'll probably "camp" there instead. That way we can eat from the gas grill and fridge, and sleep in actual beds. I plan on drinking nice cold beer around a campfire at least two nights.
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When I was a kid and a younger man I enjoyed camping, went frequently. Now that I am old and bitter, however, I want room service. LOL
"I am allergic to piety, it makes me break out in rash judgements." - Penn Jillette
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"The man who invented the telescope found out more about heaven than the closed eyes of prayer ever discovered." - Robert G. Ingersoll
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what! hey, charcoal is good for you and who wouldn't eat a true fire roasted chickenI've only been camping once, and it was near the Appalachian Trail in PA. I think I could be the poster child for what not to do when camping.
First, after endless time cooking chicken over the fire, I dropped it into the fire when trying to take it off to eat it. No dinner for me. Well, there's always breakfast, right?
Rain started to pour down, and not long after we turned in, the tent fell on our heads. No way to really fix it in the dark and during a deluge. So we slept with the tent touching our noses. I was shivering all night.
Next morning, starving due to no dinner, and dying to eat. But, wouldn't you know it, there is a large animal bite taken out of our styrofoam (!) cooler, and the food is gone!
That was a long time ago, and believe it or not, I haven't been camping since. I think I'm a city girl.
and touching noses, i love ya, thats a cute story eskimo
Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. ~Zen Buddhist Proverb
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After tent camping last yr we bought a camper. Got a good price on a used one off e-bay that didn't have a canvas. Got the new canvas put on a couple of months ago.
But since hubby is on call all weekend and I work Mon. we can't camp. We set up the camper in the backyard and are going to let the boys sleep outside.
My daughter decided that camping in the backyard is "stupid", I love teenagers!!
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I was going to go camping this weekend, but this global cooling put a damper on that. Even my favorite mountain bike trails are to muddy to ride. I'm heading out the door to go hike iron mountain now. (In the rain) See y'all in about six hours.
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