Out of the Wild
We went camping this weekend. It was supposed to be beautiful, no rain in the forecast. Cool bike trail. River with a pretty beach…
We woke up in the middle of our first night out to rain pounding down on our tent and it never stopped. Luckily we had borrowed a canopy so we were able to cook and eat in relatively dry conditions.
Madison LOVED it. We’ve been watching reruns of “Out of the Wild” and she really wanted to go on a weeklong trek– living off the land (instead of a 3 day camping trip) so the cold and rain made it feel sort of like we were “surviving” — which, oddly, was TOTALLY COOL!
We were wet. We were cold. Our clothes were soaked from the rain (and flooded tent) but, thanks to about 5 neighboring campers, we got a roaring fire going and I tended that fire all day long! That fire WAS NOT going to go out (or we were done) because it was such a nice “moral booster”. There was a little store nearby and Wes made about 3 trips for more firewood. I think we could have paid for a nice hotel room for what we spent on firewood in one day.
This morning we woke up bright and early to brake camp in pouring rain and get the heck out of Dodge!
BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME!
We haven’t been camping in 10 years. Now I remember why we generally go for a cabin for our “Out of the Wild”-like adventures!
What awesome fun did you have this LONG holiday weekend? Hope you were warm and dry!
Ok, that does NOT sound like my idea of fun! You are much more tolerant than I! (Hubby thinks I’m such a princess….)
I had a booth at a local market for the first time this weekend- it was so much fun! Except that Sunday was cold & windy, made for a really long day, but at least we didn’t have rain!
I love camping! Tent camping, boat camping, not enough rooms at the lake cabin so you sleep outside camping! I grew up in the PNW, so being outdoors has just been natural. HOWEVER, the older I get the more tired I get of packing and unpacking all that camping crap (and not to mention sleeping on air mattresses)! So I think we are finally breaking down and buying a trailer, so when it gets cold I don’t have to build a fire, but flip a switch to turn on the heater… I know some people say that isn’t camping, but isn’t camping the environment you chose to set it all up in? I do refuse to have any tv or electronic devices with us though when we camp! Glad you survived the weekend!
Oh, that so does not look like fun!! We have recently been hooked on Out of the Wild shows also, and I must say that the animal killing/dressing on the Alaska series is so gruesome, I know I wouldn’t last a day! Let alone be able to eat that stuff! Or in the jungle where they ate all the crazy larvae….just Ewwww.
Such a fabulous memory making weekend, despite the rain and cold. That’s priceless.
I grew up camping. I know what you were going through, but my dad was the ultimate camper with the Boy Scout philosophy of being prepared. We had Coleman cook stove, lanterns, enough food for 3 times as long as we were planned to stay. He knew how to keep the food safe from critters (great and small). I must say that jokingly, I told my husband that our wedding vows (40 yrs ago) included: “in sickness and health, richer or poorer & never camping!”! He agreed.
However, we did we did freeze ourselves at my nephew’s outdoor wedding this weekend and every bone in my body is hurting today.