Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:24:11 -0400
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From: VW Doka <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: What Did You Leave At Home?
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Well said...
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Rocket J
Squirrel<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the brilliant things about camping is that there is such abundant
> opportunity for folk to express their outdoors interests. Those who are
> physically fit bicycle, hike, snowshoe, and paddle. Some fish or hunt.
> Those less able or energetic might engage in photography, the study of
> bugs, taunt chipmunks, or putter about camp or change engine oil. Some are
> happy to just sit and observe, or read, or make music.
>
> Evening activities can range from getting drunk around campfire while
> hacking away at tree limbs and playing music loudly (in some other
> campground, thankyouverymuch), to star-gazing/astronomy, to retiring into
> van and snuggling on bench listening to (or making) soft music, watching a
> film (softly), or reading.
>
> Questioning others' camping style and interests -- as long as it does not
> impact one's own peace and quiet -- is akin, in my mind, to questioning
> someone's choice of hobbies, music, or mate.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 8/24/2009 10:16 AM Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
>> Well, I'm not the camping police. For us, it is the outdoors that is
>> the attraction, though, and we are deeply immersed in enjoying it when
>> there. We don't take a lot of extraneous stuff, and I can't imagine not
>> being so tired from the activities as to be able to watch a movie
>> without falling asleep. The paraphernalia for movie watching would take
>> up hauling space that is best left to outdoor stuff, like binoculars,
>> magnifiers (for identifying insects and plants), hiking boots
>> ............. . I do take books, though most are nature guides or
>> identification manuals for the critters and plants we encounter. I also
>> read a good novel or political book during Bonnie's driving time --
>> mainly when that is on interstates, as the smaller roads present too
>> much of interest to allow me to focus on the book.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:45 AM , Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/23/2009 9:40 PM Robert Fisher wrote:
>>>
>>>> I thought camping was an activity, why does one need 'stuff to do'?
>>>> If you
>>>> get bored camping, why do you go?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Uh-oh. The camping police.
>>>
>>> Camping, for me, is partly an activity (doing: exploring and dinking
>>> with
>>> camping gear and projects) and partly just being in a pretty place and
>>> soaking in the beauty. I like to read books and sometimes we like to
>>> watch
>>> a DVD after dark. The longer the camping trip, the less external
>>> stimulation I need. It takes me a while to wind down to the slower
>>> pace of
>>> just camping. And I seldom get bored.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>>> Bend, OR
>>> KG6RCR
>>
>
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