No, I am NOT a cranky camper.

[melo_annechen]

Right - we're back from camping, I've had a shower and a nap, and there are a few things I felt I should share with you.

1. It will always be colder there than in your own bed. Remember to bring an extra blanket.

2. Outdoors is occasionally slightly damp, even if it is not raining. Remember to bring an extra change of clothes. For everyone in your party. I mean it.

3. If it is a startlingly clear night, on a date that meteor showers are purported to be scheduled, the sky will cloud over five minutes before they start. Go to bed, already.

And boys, a little advice: If your partner gets up at o'dark thirty to go to the WC, and you do not escort them, do not be surprised if said partner shrieks when you step onto the trail in front of them when they return from the WC. It is not fair you could just wander off the trail and take care of that. It is not your partner's fault they were unable to follow suit, and really you should know better. If your partner is an imaginative sort, it does not take long for them to recount the myriad ways one can be killed silently in the woods, so you will BLOODY well ANNOUNCE YOURSELF before stepping onto the trail!

I feel better now. Thank you.

Comments

[tinbender.livejournal.com]

LOL!

"If your partner is an imaginative sort, it does not take long for them to recount the myriad ways one can be killed silently in the woods, so you will BLOODY well ANNOUNCE YOURSELF before stepping onto the trail!"

I wouldn't think that silently would necessarily factor into the equation at that point :) Yeah, probably a good idea to make some noise or carry one of those bells like they use to warn off bears.

[annechen-melo.livejournal.com]

It is not fair he has better night vision. If he had lit up, or had been carrying a flashlight, he wouldn't have had to tell me to shush.

[saxondog.livejournal.com]

When camping, an overnighter or 10 days of Gulf Wars or Pensic. I keep a change of cloths in a bag in the car. Always.

At least you startle in the dark. I can scare Melissa (and a few others I know) in broad daylight when they know I am coming.

[annechen-melo.livejournal.com]

Well, you are pretty scary, which is why I suppose the children love you.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Thinking of Pennsics, I remember somebody recounting a very clever nighttime arrangement (especially for bad weather) which was, in effect, a human litterbox. Easier than a chamberpot to tidy after, for one. It involved a bucket, layers of small trashbags with real litter in them. Seal used layer up, dispose of when you can see where you're going without drowning in one of those legendary puddles [points at fabricdragon's LJ].

[annechen-melo.livejournal.com]

She's just not admitting she got lost and wandered into the lake. :D

[ms-issicran.livejournal.com]

I admit it, I'm chuckling.

[annechen-melo.livejournal.com]

Luckily, nobody made a comment about whooping cranes in the area the next morning.