So I'm going away for a little while...
 

...to remember how it feels. To go camping. :D

Not that anyone cares, of course.

I don't want anyone to presume that I think I'm so cool & popular that everyone will miss me & wonder where I am or anything.

Just so everyone knows.

Not that you care, though, like I said.


So - does anyone else here camp? Regularly, or just once or twice? Cabin or trailer or tent? Same place or all over? Far or close to home? Etc, etc, etc. I'm also curious to know if camping is popular outside the U.S.

Annually for the past 12 years, hubby & I have gone to Highbanks Campground on the Seneca Nation near Allegany State Park. A group of 15 of us have a total of 4 cabins for 3 nights. We basically just eat & drink a lot, play board games, hike, swim, play horseshoes & bocce, sit by the fire. It's so much fun, we look forward to it every year. One year they closed for renovations & we had to go somewhere else & it SUCKED! Just wasn't the same.
The cabins have cold running water, gas stove & a small fridge. Bathrooms & showers are public (I can hear Dissention puking from here.)
Highbanks

For the past 7 or 8 year over a weekend in August, we take our 2 nieces tent camping for 2 nights at various campgrunds in NY & PA. We've been to Allegany, Letchworth, Watkins Glen & Beaverkill State Parks here in NY. This year we're going to Hickory Run State Park in PA.

Anyone else love to camp? Hate to camp? Have funny camping stories?

Oh have fun!!!

I've always wanted to go camping and never have :distress: Perhaps some day I will :)

I'm not a camper but i'd imagine, with the right group of people it would be fun.

Have a great time and be safe! We'll miss you! :xoxo:

Of course you will, fellow cliquey! :D

I'll tell the clique you'll be MIA.
I love to camp, but don't get to go as much as I want to, which is essentially constantly. I camped for a month in Alaska. And in beautiful place on the north coast by Eureka called...Patrick's point? or something over a thanksgiving. That place was cool, because you camped by the beach, but hike a little inland and there was a lush rainforest jungle type place with trails. I camped and hiked Yosemite for a weekend, that was gorgeous. Except it was really a hiking trip, so we all had to walk all day long with about 30 lbs on our backs. I loved it. I camped in, I think, Sequoyah national forest with my best boyfriend - it was higher up, but then there was a lake about 1/2 away that was lower and warmer that we drove to each day. That kicked ass. All of this was tent camping, no buildings. Oh, and the guy I "hung out" with in Chico just wrote me and asked if I wanted to go camping, or something. :laugh: :thumbsup:

So have a great time. :woohoo:
I'll miss you. :nod:

We camp once or twice a year. We went over Memorial Day weekend, and we are going again Labor Day weekend. I look forward to it every time! We're taking badmitten, volleyball, and horseshoes. And we always take the kids' bikes. It's always a good time.

Have fun on your trip!

Sara1998 - thanks! We always do. Your trip sounds a lot like mine - so much fun!

Amber - thanks, sistah, I knew I could count on you to get the word out to the peeps. :cool: And your camping experiences kick my camping's ass!

The last time I went camping was a LONG time ago, when I was about 8 years old. We were only gone maybe one or two days, but then it started raining really bad and we headed home. I think my family is going camping next week actually, but I can't go with since I have to work. :rolleyes:

Anyways, have fun Paula! We'll see you when you get back :D

Ya, no ****! :lol:

Be sure to bring along a Harry potter Book to burn for the Pope when you make smores!

Ha, no. They sound a bit more "rugged", but I'd love to go do the cabin thing with a bunch of friends. Where you can just chill...and there's a lake.
I've actually only ever been camping with one other person. I mean, in Alaska, there were a bunch of other campers all around us, but they weren't my friends.
anyway. :rolleyes:

Have fun Paula. I love camping!

I've only been once in my life and loathed every second of it. It might have been the people I was with, who I didn't care for at all, but basically I don't think I'm the camping type.

I hope you have a blast though, Paula. :xoxo:

Do I strike anyone here as the camping type :laugh:

Seriously, when I was a Boy Scout (one smart quip outta any of ya and I'll smack ya :laugh: ) I learned that I was not meant for the outdoors, esp. when there is always a Ritz Carlton waiting just around the corner :laugh: I used to BEG them to let us go somewhere where I could rent a cabin instead of sleeping in some awful tent in the middle of nowhere :laugh:

I can tell you this though - I went down the Amazon River a few years ago to deliver school supplies to the Yagua Indians. When you buy bug pray, get the one with the highest concentration of DEET possible. REI usually has the best. You will not regret it. I have also heard that there are natural repellants as well, but have never used them.

Finally, bring lots of vodka and aspirin for the morning :cool:

Have a BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have fun, Paula. I enjoy camping, so long as I have access to showers. Smores, campfire, and beer.... fun! :D

Personally, I can't stand camping, I'm not exactly a nature girl, but I did have a great time camping with a group of friends out on the beach once. The only downside was that we got stuck next to a bunch of idiots who decided to sing Oh Canada at 3 a.m., mind you, they only knew two words to the song, any guesses which two? *LOL*. Have a great time though Paula, and *although i'm not in your famous clique :p *, you will be missed :nod:

I love camping and grew up on it. We used tents when I was little and then campers later. In hindsight the facilities at that campground were not good, the bathrooms and showers were gross but as a kid I did not care.

I went camping in Truro a couple of years ago and that was great. You can walk to the beach and it is just a few minutes drive to P-Town. We had an absolute blast there. Their facilities are immaculate. The showers were all modern. I saw people cleaning the bathrooms every day and they were spotless. This is amazing for a campground! http://www.capecodcamping.com

I'm going camping in a couple of weeks with my aunt. They have a huge camper with AC and everything. We will eat, play in the water, grill stuff, and drink. :) The last time I went with them I had a blast. We almost got kicked out for skinny dipping cuz they have an "on site by 11pm" policy there. Woops. :lol:

I do not camp, and all the people I know in TX has been trying to get me to go with them since I moved here. It's like a weird cult thing, this camping.
Have fun & don't shave your head. ;)

- Jake

Oooh...will we be driving the new vehicle? :blob2: Have fun!

I am so JEALOUS !

For the past 8 or 9 years I have gone on a week long trip in Oregon with some very close friends. We take horses, camp by a lake and have a blast. Much alcohol is consumed. I run the horse through the woods. Silly board games and charades are played by the fire. Firewood is gathered and I get to play lumberjack. It is a total hoot. This year's trip was cancelled. I am very bummed out.

Have fun !

Not unless there's a bar in your tent that serves cocktails :laugh:

Does Ritz-Carlton make a camper or a pop-up tent ?

CAMPING?? :shocked: Ah, no thanks, not for me! To each his own.

Have a great time and stay safe, Paula. :)

Actually no. We're taking hubby's truck - that piece of **** Dodge Dakota. We fill the bed up with wood (hardyharhar) & I cram most of our other stuff into my friend's car. Mark & the dog will take the truck, I will ride with friend.

BTW - I just sold the 97 Monte Carlo about an hour ago. :thumbsup:



That is SO hot. :o

If only you weren't a gay black lumberjack.

Going to pack now. Ta-ta!

Try camping here...
 

it's only 104 at the moment (107 heat index) and that is in the shade, Probably 111-113 in the direct sun.

Can't wait til winter is here, Summertime heat sucks ass.

Too funny. Lumberjack in da hood.

"I am not a black man. But I play one on The Ledge."

I don't know but Jason ought to talk to them about it -- then he could go "camping" and invite us.

Camping?? I LOVE camping!!!


for one night only. and with hot water. and toilets that flush.

:wavey: Have fun!! We will miss you!

But... but... how will the clique go on without you?

And air conditioning. And beds. And room service.

- Jake

I'll be ready at noon tomorrow.

Maybe 1pm.

Pick me up?

Too early. I need more sleep if I'll be roughing it like that. :D

- Jake

But can't we sleep in the limo? :shrug:

You forgot cabana boys and the all-inclusive nature of this camping facility :D

You expect me to SHARE a limo? What's with the scrimping? :shocked:

- Jake

:confused: :confused:

- Jake

Well, at my campground (and sparky's and a few others i'm sure :laugh: ) we have scantily clad Cabana boys running around. And a pool. And beverages.

Sorry Paula! Not a big fan of camping! It's like pretending you're homeless for a week and calling it a vacation! Gimme a hotel, a toilet that isn't a deep hole and running water! :lol: My idea of camping is eating on the patio at a restaurant!

I just had that fight in Austin a few days ago! The group was split on the patio & inside air conditioning. The whole restaurant got involved in our debate. Guess who won? ;) ("And what I seem to want, well, you know I find a way...")

- Jake

OMG. You and Strand are a match !

Geez, you're so sexist. Why must you objectify the male gender? :distress: ;)
(Any women in thongs, other than you? :rolleyes: )

- Jake