Jeanie, Cindy: On Camping

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  Sisyphus on May 06 at 2:22 p.m.

  Tent. I like to be mobile. The more things you have the more they weigh you down and keep you tied up.

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  Frum Helen Back on May 06 at 3:01 p.m.

  I limit my camping to my trailer home on the beach at Hauser Lake. I have all the hot water I want and electricity to run my modern conveniences. Long gone are my tent camping days.

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  OrangeTV on May 06 at 3:13 p.m.

  Still a little chilly for me, but when we drove through Heyburn Park last month there were already a few hardcore campers going for it. I like it to be HOT and find a camp site next to the crisp cool CDA River to splash around in all day.

  I say camping like my mom’s version of camping (i.e.huge luxury RV in a paved lot) is not actually camping. She brings along things like her curling iron. God forbid a random deer might see her without her hair did. I like to rough it, just a stinky old tent and sleeping bag on a bed of pine needles.

  Bizarre confession: I just can’t bring myself to ahem…let nature run it’s digestive course in the woods, so I have make the occasional trip to that little store in Prichard and stand in line behind a dozen other campers who share my dilemma.

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  JeanC on May 06 at 3:49 p.m.

  We tent it, but with a queen sized cot and air mattress and a tent we can stand up in. Long gone are the days of camping in the little backpacking tent.

  The older I get tho, the more and more I think the folk who RV it are wise :D

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  toadman on May 06 at 3:59 p.m.

  I remember being young, and “camping” with a backpack, and a blanket for several days, and that’s all. No tent, no nothing.

  Now, I needs me some soft bed, man…else my lumbar becomes excessively complainant.

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  DFO on May 06 at 4:06 p.m.

  CindyH gave me a heads up that I had the wrong link for JeanieS’s 10 reasons why she (hearts) camping. I’ve fixed that link, for those of you who looked before.

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  Sisyphus on May 06 at 4:11 p.m.

  I don’t ever see myself in an RV. There was a time when I thought it would be a great way to retire but my experience is that I spend too much time caring for the RV when I could be fishing. My mattresses definitely get thicker the older I get.

  Orange, that’s one reason God invented coffee. A pot of my coffee and Pritchard will be too far away.

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  Bent on May 06 at 4:53 p.m.

  We tent camp. I had a cab-over camper for awhile but it just didn’t have the same camping feel. I also cook on the open flame. No Coleman stove for me. I have an old heavy duty BBQ rack I use over a carefully engineered portion of the campfire, where I can use hardwood chunks and charcoal instead of the pitchy evergreen firewood. I used to pack a flat griddle for breakfast, but I got tired of cooking a big breakfast because of the cleanup involved. We just do oatmeal, bagels and cereal now.

  Dinner on the other hand is usually spectacular…

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  inlandempiregirl on May 06 at 6:08 p.m.

  We now use a pop-up tent trailer. We alternate between campgrounds with hook-ups like Heyburn and quiet campgrounds without. We still like to cook often using the campfire and only usually move inside to sleep in a comfortable bed. I love how you move with the time of nature while camping. When evening comes it is okay to go to sleep early and I love early morning in the woods by a fire with campfire coffee.

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  Me on May 06 at 6:12 p.m.

  We did tents, then had a cab-over, then a 1979 motorhome. It has a bathroom - which is NICE. We haven’t camped since my Son graduated from High School and moved out. We keep thinking we will but then we don’t.

  A couple of years ago we rented a forest service cabin on Lake Como in Montana. Did NOT like it. Would have preferred a tent. There were too many animals that were also living in the cabin, and the warnings on every single wall about being careful not to disturb the dust because of possible hantivirus - while still telling you to sweep up before you leave was too much for me.

  And Bent - doesn’t camping food just always taste sooooo good? I made lasagna one time camping and we still talk about it - every lasagna I have made since then pales in comparison.

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  Escapee on May 06 at 9:53 p.m.

  I like to be out in nature as much as anyone else, but when night falls, I like my house and my TV and my bed, and especially with the way mosquitoes feast on me, no thanks, I’ll leave the campground spaces for someone else.

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  mia on May 06 at 10:23 p.m.

  I grew up camping, I can do it, I have done it. But, I pretty much don’t like camping. I can relate with the smell, it’s the smell of the campfire. I have experienced fresh trout, caught that morning, served up for breakfast along with bacon, eggs and pancakes up The Joe. Those are memories from my youth. Even though I have some great memories, I really don’t enjoy camping.

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  Nick_Adams on May 06 at 10:35 p.m.

  I enjoy camping. Tent, camper/rv, whatever, I always enjoy myself as long as there’s fishing nearby. I am not, however, a fan of packing my food and gear very far. I prefer to find places that are accessible by 4-wheel drive.

  I’m already planning my first camping trip this year—Hell’s Canyon at the end of the month. The crappie, bass and catfish fishing should be excellent.

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  Kage_Mann on May 06 at 10:54 p.m.

  I hate camping, because I’ve had to camp-out for work most of my life.

  BTW- Nick your ‘killers’ avatar doesn’t scare me. ;-p

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  Nick_Adams on May 06 at 11:30 p.m.

  Fair enough, Kage. You should watch the movie. I personally like the Lancaster one (Ronald Reagan plays one of the killers). Classic film noir. But the Lee Marvin version is pretty good. Of course, you should start with the Hemingway short story.

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  Alana on June 22 at 4:48 p.m.

  Check out Huckleberry Tent and Breakfast in Clark Fork Idaho. They have rustic, wilderness camping and they supply everything including the kitchen sink.

  I’ll be kidnapping my overworked husband and taking him up there this summer.

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  spokelooneh on June 22 at 5:21 p.m.

  “Alana on June 22 at 4:48 p.m.

  Check out Huckleberry Tent and Breakfast in Clark Fork Idaho. They have rustic, wilderness camping and they supply everything including the kitchen sink.

  I’ll be kidnapping my overworked husband and taking him up there this summer.”

  Oh my gosh, that place looks like huckleberry heaven!

  http://huckleberrytentandbreakfast.com/PR/

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  Bent on June 22 at 5:49 p.m.

  Spoke, I actually had a guided hunting trip one time that sounds like this. We would come back to camp and they had dinner ready in heated wall tent. Then it was out by the fire for awhile and when i got to my cot and sleeping bag, I noticed they had put hand warmers in the bag and totally stoked the wood stove. Nice. Real nice.

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  spokelooneh on June 22 at 6:00 p.m.

  Bent, my newly betrothed and I spent a couple of nights in a tent cabin like this on our honeymoon, ‘cept it was stream-side in a canyon in Big Sur.

  And not nearly as nice/cool as this Huckleberry Tent and Breakfast place, awesome business idea that will provide folks with many wonderful memories.

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