Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:54:00 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: What Did You Leave At Home?
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Sorry, no, it was not to you that I was responding. Please excuse the lack
of clarity.
I was just saying, is all.
With few exceptions, there are no camping police here.
This has veered away from Vanagon content except indirectly: my bad.
--
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 11:36 AM Dave Mcneely wrote:
> Please notice that I prefaced my remarks by, "I am not the camping
> police," and "For us ...... ," (emphasis on the us, please).
>
> Dave Mc
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:16 PM , Rocket J Squirrel 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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