Waking up in the woods after doing beer bongs and shots all night. At first, you wonder how you ended up like this, face down in the dirt, but, then you have flashbacks to dancing and jumping over the fire, and then going on an adventure. I SURVIVED! Like a real survivor man. Naked and alive.
Used to do this for a living - in several countries. There is something really special about canoeing down a lake late at night watching the northern lights, or dog sledding and cross country skiing and camping on a frozen lake where standing there in the morning it is so quiet you hear your heart beating, or coming down a mountain and chancing upon a baby reindeer sleeping while it’s mama is off feeding, or coming back to camp to find a rabbit settled in for the night on your sleeping bag (which is under a tarp)… all that makes up for the bugs, the rain, bears and coons stealing food… even rounding a corner seeing a grizzly bear with her two cubs drinking at a stream (and yes we very quietly backed away, waited about 15 min and made lots of noise when we returned) was pretty cool. And the views can be spectacular…
@Kidsandliz Sign me up! Oh, and you don’t have to be camping to have raccoons steal your food. We had a couple break into our room and steal multiple food items from our room in Costa Rica! Freaked me out but it gave us a great story.
@aetris Heck I chased one off of my garbage can a couple of days ago. He was trying to get the lid off. Joke was on him though as it is hinged in the back and he was trying to pull up the hinged side.
I used to love it when I was younger and lived in New England. Now, I’m older and in Alabama. It’s too friggin’ hot, buggy, snaky and humid. Although, I live alone in a forest about an hour away from everything so… it’s kinda like I’m camping all the time.
@lseeber that might be for a lot of the year, but I once visited the M-B plant in Vance in October. It was actually cooler there than in Michigan. And the rolling rural pine-lined hills between Birmingham and Vance reminded me a lot of northern Michigan. It was unexpected.
@RedOak Yeah… that’s rare. My daughter lives in MN and I visit there in the summer and the temp and humidity difference are normally pretty drastic. Not always as you say. But it’s uncommon. There are some pretty places that are reminiscent of some places up north with the rolling hills. Like I said tho… I can’t even go walking in my own woods once the leaves are out (like now… it’s too late to go in the woods, full canopy… and 86deg & 43% humidity… not too bad but it’s 11am). Only in winter. Snakes everywhere… and not friendlies usually. Went in our shop one day and was confronted with a huge rattler… big enough to move large boxes as he went in the opposite direction of me. At least 6’ and about 5" diameter. I didn’t even know he was there until the rattling started. I got out of there fast!
Now, camping in the late fall down here might be good.
Popup tent trailer with electricity.
@jst1ofknd that’s called campering
Room Service with a nice view
Peaceful solitude.
/giphy peaceful solitude
All of the offered options and NATURE! Well except I don’t camp, because I do as often as possible
@mehbee Uh, what?
@bmihalovits @mehbee I read that response about 10 times before I understood what mehbee was trying to say. Altering the punctuation helps:
@bmihalovits @DrWorm @mehbee Even after reading your version it still took me a few tries to see it in the original comment. lol
@bmihalovits @DrWorm @kewlchick086 Give me a break, I was tired.
Going home to a nice warm shower and comfortable, critter free bed.
S’mores.
Fire! Fire! heh. heheh. hhhhehehehhehheh hehh heh heheh heh.
Nope nope nope nope. Indoor person all the way.
Waking up in the woods after doing beer bongs and shots all night. At first, you wonder how you ended up like this, face down in the dirt, but, then you have flashbacks to dancing and jumping over the fire, and then going on an adventure. I SURVIVED! Like a real survivor man. Naked and alive.
Used to do this for a living - in several countries. There is something really special about canoeing down a lake late at night watching the northern lights, or dog sledding and cross country skiing and camping on a frozen lake where standing there in the morning it is so quiet you hear your heart beating, or coming down a mountain and chancing upon a baby reindeer sleeping while it’s mama is off feeding, or coming back to camp to find a rabbit settled in for the night on your sleeping bag (which is under a tarp)… all that makes up for the bugs, the rain, bears and coons stealing food… even rounding a corner seeing a grizzly bear with her two cubs drinking at a stream (and yes we very quietly backed away, waited about 15 min and made lots of noise when we returned) was pretty cool. And the views can be spectacular…
@Kidsandliz never could I ever, but that sounds amazing
@Kidsandliz Sign me up! Oh, and you don’t have to be camping to have raccoons steal your food. We had a couple break into our room and steal multiple food items from our room in Costa Rica! Freaked me out but it gave us a great story.
You don’t have to leave home for raccoons. They do their own camping vacations around here, twice a year.
@aetris Heck I chased one off of my garbage can a couple of days ago. He was trying to get the lid off. Joke was on him though as it is hinged in the back and he was trying to pull up the hinged side.
I used to love it when I was younger and lived in New England. Now, I’m older and in Alabama. It’s too friggin’ hot, buggy, snaky and humid. Although, I live alone in a forest about an hour away from everything so… it’s kinda like I’m camping all the time.
@lseeber that might be for a lot of the year, but I once visited the M-B plant in Vance in October. It was actually cooler there than in Michigan. And the rolling rural pine-lined hills between Birmingham and Vance reminded me a lot of northern Michigan. It was unexpected.
@RedOak Yeah… that’s rare. My daughter lives in MN and I visit there in the summer and the temp and humidity difference are normally pretty drastic. Not always as you say. But it’s uncommon. There are some pretty places that are reminiscent of some places up north with the rolling hills. Like I said tho… I can’t even go walking in my own woods once the leaves are out (like now… it’s too late to go in the woods, full canopy… and 86deg & 43% humidity… not too bad but it’s 11am). Only in winter. Snakes everywhere… and not friendlies usually. Went in our shop one day and was confronted with a huge rattler… big enough to move large boxes as he went in the opposite direction of me. At least 6’ and about 5" diameter. I didn’t even know he was there until the rattling started. I got out of there fast!
Now, camping in the late fall down here might be good.
@RedOak btw… meant to add… N. Michigan, Wisc are beautiful… placid.
@lseeber Spring and Fall in the South are perfect times to camp, especially the Fall. Too bad they both are so short-lasted.
@lseeber - SOLUTION: go camping in New England. Didn’t we already HAVE this conversation?
@aetris I haven’t had this conversation. Maybe you did. Not worth driving a thousand miles to camp.
@lseeber - 1000 miles is a trip, but they tell me North Carolina has some nice campgrounds too.
Just sayin’.
@aetris 'cept I’m still old. haha.
pissing in the woods.
My favorite part of camping was always getting to swim all day
My favorite part of camping was camping when it was cold. Cold weather means less chance of mosquitos.
I rarely go. Most people I know that “camp” often have fifth wheels or RVs.