Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:16:43 -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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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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