General Camping Question?

[Cheepjeep85]

if you don't drink out of the water hose you cannot legally call yourself a man. you should chop off your "hootus" ("hootus" as discussed in another thread) and put on a dress you big sissy



well maybe it ain't that serious, but drinkin out of the waterhose hasn't hurt me yet.

 

[CJbrodey]

I remember back in the daze, no matter what the weather was, we would take off and go camping in a heart beat! Rain, 2 feet of snow, -7 degrees, it didnt matter!
In all the different weather I went camping in, I never once had a bad time. ...well,..except maybe the night we ran into, and got stuck on, a disgusting foul smelling 5 ton pile of rotting catfish heads, ..but thats another story.:barf:
I used to love to go to Storm King Mountain in the Hudson Highlands just north of West Point NY. We would drink straight from the streams, pick wild blueberries, dig sassafras roots, and savor NY Sabbrett hot dogs on a stick cooked over cedar coals. mmm.
When I lived in Denver years later, we used to love to go to Rampart Range. We would pack up the '65 Nissan Patrol in the rain and once we got to our destination we would be high up in altitude enough where it was nothing but beautiful blue skies. It was cool to go home 2 days later and find it rained the whole time we were gone.
We had an alpine tent that had a section of removable floor and we would dig a shallow hole and put the hot rocks from the camp fire in the hole, cover 'em with dirt and drink the last couple of "slushy" beers in 15 degree weather. When we staggered in the tent, it was a comfortable 92 and we slept like snoring rocks all nite!
Nowadays I dont do as much camping as I used to, but once I get my M762 military trailer built for hauling camping gear etc, I hope to get back to camping again, only this time it will be in the Great Smokies Mtns.

 

[BajaEdition]

if you don't drink out of the water hose you cannot legally call yourself a man. you should chop off your "hootus" ("hootus" as discussed in another thread) and put on a dress you big sissy



well maybe it ain't that serious, but drinkin out of the waterhose hasn't hurt me yet.

Lots o hootus chopping will be going on

 

[54cj3b]

buddy of mine about 5 years ago died camping he was bit by a baby rattler in his sleeping bag during the night while he was sleeping he was found the next day by my brother who was in a tent next to his but its a freak thing at least I think so I camped over 30 years an im still here

 

[BusaDave9]

When I was in high school in the late '70s I remember learning about phobias. I was told that someone with a germ phobia might wash their hands several times a day. They would be afraid of germs on door knobs or toilet seats or anything else other people may have used. Now it's like everyone has a germ phobia. People don't buy soaps and cleaners unless they are also sanitizes. People go all out to avoid germs yet all animals get their food off the ground. Dogs drink out of the toilet. Wildlife drink out of the streams we are warned to never taste the water or we will die of a horrible intestinal infection. Why do animals get away with it? Because they have built up their immune system. I am not saying you can neglect all sanitary precautions and not get sick any more. Since we are so preoccupied with avoiding germs we do get sick less than animals or even humans in the centuries that people didn't know about germs, viruses and bacteria. But once we do encounter germs we get sick much easier than animals or humans from the 15th century.

 

[susie]

buddy of mine about 5 years ago died camping he was bit by a baby rattler in his sleeping bag during the night while he was sleeping he was found the next day by my brother who was in a tent next to his

And I am never camping again!

 

[mhubacek]

Camp quite abit. I have a toy hauler, but usually only take it out when I have the wife and kids. When I'm out with the guys, I tent it. Never gotten any diseases besides Alcohol Poisoning!