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Across the Fence:  CAMPING  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 9:48:36 PM
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HEY GURLZ .. what is YOUR idea of CAMPING? how 'rough'? .. or do you consider settling for a night at a Motel 6 with a baloney sandwich for dinner .. roughing it?
any of you have an 'outpost'? would LOVE to see your photos if you do! any dreams for one? what will it look like?
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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shepherdwagen
Farmgirl in Training
41 Posts
Susan
Winterset
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 11:46:09 PM
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Well, when I lived in Oregon, my idea of camping was my VW camper bus, preferably in an area where I could plug in. This particular bus was set up for sleeping, but not for cooking--no gas! So I have a little Coleman propane stove that cooks pretty nicely. I even had a chamber pot in there. I loved going around in that. It's sidelined now, as the crank case broke last year, and then I got sick, and ended up moving back to Iowa to recuperate. When I can, I am going to get the engine rebuilt, and get it back here--or leave it there for visiting Oregon! I don't know. Now I find myself looking at vacation trailers and wondering if I could pull one with my Ford Explorer. I don't have the money for one right now, but it's something to fantasize about.
No, I'm not a real roughing it kinda girl.
"I've childproofed my house, but they keep getting in." |
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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
548 Posts
Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 05:01:10 AM
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My hubby and I's honeymoon was horses, a tent three days, up ten miles up at the top of a mountain by a lake. All we had is what we packed in saddle bags. It was great until we woke up to snow. It was the middle of July.  We loved it.
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
What ever you are, be a good one. (Abe Lincoln) |
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dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
1310 Posts
Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
1310 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 06:11:22 AM
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My idea of camping is a tent, sleeping bags, a coleman lantern, and cooking the meals over the campfire. My hubby's idea of camping or roughing it is no mint on the pillow at a fancy hotel..LOL!
Diana
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city! |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 06:14:18 AM
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susan .. my dream for you is some sort of a 'wheeled' camper in your future! actually, i do like the idea of being able to DRIVE rather than PULL what i camp in .. although there surely is a romantic aura about those dear little mini-campers!!! i want to travel to an SOTF event!!!
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 06:16:16 AM
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laura .. what a lovely, lovely honemoon .. how romantic!!!
we used to get surprized by snow quite often when we summer-camped in the mountains of colorado! and oh my yesss .. how refreshing and lovely to wake up with a snowy frosting on the ground! AND .. OH YESSS!! we've also awakened to several inches too!!!
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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Daisydu
Farmgirl in Training
40 Posts
Becky
Rock Hill
South Carolina
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 06:18:56 AM
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We have a tag along camper. 24'. My days of tent camping are over. I've had my share of critters in the tent and wet clothes. We are headed off to Charleston, SC soon, with the camper in tow. Beats a tent and a hotel room. And I can take my two dogs with us. There are a lot of very nice people at campgrounds.
Loving a simple life in the country!
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 06:23:50 AM
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We tent camp but we definitly don't rough it as far as that goes. We all sleep in sleeping bags that are on top of our air mattresses. We invested a couple years ago in a black cat portable mini heater for the tent. We do the vast majority of our cooking over the campfire but we do bring along a little propane stove in case it is too wet to start a fire quickly. Which has happened a few times in the spring. We also always camp where they have nice restrooms ans showers. So needless to say we almost always drive over into Iowa to camp! My hubby and I would love to go out and really rough it but there is no way our daughter would go for it.
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
Although no one can go back and make a brand new start; anyone can start from now
and make a brand new end.
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
374 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 06:34:02 AM
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I love camping and I even love the roughing it part. Hubby does not. His idea of camping is a cabin without indoor plumbing.
Appalachian Girl
Jem
*If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
My new blog!
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Mountain Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
806 Posts
JoAnn
Colville
Washington
USA
806 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 06:46:56 AM
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| Just got back from camping at a beautiful campsite by Pierre Lake. It is one of six sites in the state of Washington that has a nesting pair of loons. We moved here from Minnesota where there are tons of loons and they are one of the things we miss.Nothing like the call of the loon to signify wilderness. We sleep in tents, cook over the campfire or Coleman stove. There is no water there so we bring our own for drinking and heat water from the lake for cleanup. We've been doing this for as long as we have been married--41 years. Love it! JoAnn |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 08:05:57 AM
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My hubby, 2 little ones and I camp in an 1982 Viking Popup. It was a freebie from a friend of ours and we busted our butts to make it campable. We love it! We mostly use it to sleep in cause we're so busy doing things outside at the state parks or campgrounds. We cook outside over the hot coals, play cornhole(beanbag toss game), the kids ride bikes or go swimming, and the best part is just relaxing!
Crafty Bay Farmgirl Chapter
"What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger"
Farmgirl #152
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Edited by - Tammy Claxton on Jul 15 2008 08:07:03 AM |
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sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
535 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 08:28:34 AM
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Well, I never used to like camping one bit- 'til I met the fella, and it was about all the vacationing we could afford to do, lol. He's an eagle scout and a mountain goat, and has hiked and climbed some pretty serious stuff. We usually meet in the middle and tent camp at a prov. or state park. Once he convinced me to do 'hike in' camping, which was all right until it started pouring rain, and all the dry creek beds turned into raging icy rivers that we had to cross to get back to the base of the mountain and the car! Oh my! I was not a happy camper that time. I thought I was going to be washed away.
On the way up! Beautiful.
Out in the wilderness.
I have to cross what?!
We rarely had a fire or cooked in the fire when we camped out west because of all the forest fire risk- campfires were a big no-no. :(
My kind of camping was at the Huckleberry Tent and Breakfast in Idaho. We had a wall tent with a lovely bed, and an outpost kitchen,and an outhouse down the path through the woods. I think I could have happily moved in there for at least a month!
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world."
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Forrester Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
703 Posts
Ann
Belmont
MI
USA
703 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 09:11:29 AM
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I'd really never camped until I went on an Outward Bound trip after college. 23 days in the Colorado Mountains. LOVED IT. Bought a tent as soon as I could. My husband and I have always been tent campers - without air matresses (though that would be cozy). Occasionally we would stay in a little cabin at 1 certain campground that we fell in love with in MI.
Last night though, Tony was scrubbing the outside of our little garage sale find - a '63 Minnie Winnebago. Today, I'll be working on cleaning the foam cushions. Tomorrow I'll borrow my mom's sewing machine to begin recovering the foam and making the whole thing SOTF adorable :)! So excited to have a project to work on with my man. We have had a lot of house projects but one of us was always watching a baby while the other worked. We are excited to build some new memories with this.
It is fun to read others adventures too. Great photos above!!!!
Ann
Forrester Farm
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msjocee
True Blue Farmgirl
129 Posts
Josie
Canyon Country
CA
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 11:18:13 AM
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WE love camping! Though my tent days are soo over hate sleeping on the air matt. We have a 23' trailer with a bathroom, bunks , kitchen ect. We tend to always go beach camping right next to the sand. My boys love it. We are going first week in Aug with a bunch of friends. My kids always sleep so much better when we camp! I make my HM marshmellows and everyone loves em!
Mom to wild boys: Miah(10), and Jakie(6)
"Everything is Possible for They who believe." |
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 5:45:56 PM
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Gosh...we have run the gamit! Younger days we really roughed it....backpacked and slept in a really little tent in sleeping bags.......When our son was little we had a wonderful pop up camper....had loads of fun in that!!! Now, must admit we enjoy our 5th Wheel RV with lots of home conveniences!! Just depends on the time in your life I guess..........Wouldn't change any of the "times"!!!
Until Later,
Audrey
~ Side by side or miles apart....dear friends are always close to the heart ~ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 8:34:04 PM
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We love camping. The kids and I especially. Husband would MUCH prefer to trailer camp..and I think we may go that way again someday soon. For now we use our 12 year old trusty tent..which is wall to wall with the 4 kids at home and us..time for a second tent for the boys ...or a new cute one for the girls maybe...and we cook mostly over the campfire..but do take our little propane campstove too. We just got back today from a short (3 day 2 night) campout..and had alot of fun. Rustic it really wasn't..a state park campground by a sweet little lake only 7 or 8 miles from home..but we had a good time. There are pictures posted on my blog now from the camping.
I would dearly love to get a sweet little camp trailer to fix up. When my grown boys were teens I had a cute trailer that was the base, and they had their own little dome tents..we camped over the campfire and then played cards and games in the trailer if it rained...
I am a person who HATES hotels and motels an so camping is the only time I like to sleep in another bed..still my bed (old army cot and quilts for me) just outdoors. I actually slept outside Sunday night...felt really claustrophobic and it was a beautiful breezy night. I dragged two lawn chairs together and slept there with my favorite quilt under the stars..it dosn't get better than that.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 8:54:32 PM
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i had fun reading about your camping trip .. loved the photos .. what fun memories you make for your children!
i don't think i have ever camped out (even by my house) alone .. all night. don't think i'd be scared .. (well .. maybe a LITTLE) .. we hear coyotes at the edge of the woods from time to time .. THAT would get me to runnin' inside!
some night this summer . i WILL sleep in the hammock all night!
what GREAT wool on 'trixie'!!! that would cover the heads of about a million dollies!
thanks for sharing! xo
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
623 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 9:04:25 PM
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As a kid we use to tent camp and cooked outside. The college I went to was near Yosemite, so groups of us would go up on the weekends and camp, usually outside, weather permitting.
Later, much later, mom and dad bought a motorhome, but we only stayed in that for sheep shows.
Now I'm looking for a vintage trailer like some of the other ladies. I enjoy being outdoors sitting by a fire absorbing nature, but sleeping on the cold ground has lost its appeal. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 9:38:24 PM
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Oh Jenn..I love Yosemite..I remember camping trips there as a kid...big groups of all my dad's buddies and their families..we loved it.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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summerbreeze
True Blue Farmgirl
277 Posts
Laura
WA
USA
277 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 9:46:28 PM
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I love to camp. One of the best kept secrets is the warner meadow in Lassen National Park. I spent several weeks with a friend of mine who was working in Peru for Physicians Without Borders. He had to bring a woman with him or the village people would not let him look at the woman and children. We went 12 hours by car and then 9 hours by motorized canoe to get to the village. It was an amazing trip.
We have not camped since we had the baby. I can't wait till he is a little older
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Shi-anne
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Cheryl
Ada
OK
USA
596 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:41:37 PM
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Love your lake pics, Jenny! Looks like fun. (Can't believe you have grown kids!)
We are going to "the river" week after next. It isn't that far from home, so we can run in and milk, do chores, and go back. It will be the tent ~ 2 room tent, campfire, coleman stove, and lots of fun! Don't ya love how everything taste soooo much better cooked outdoors! I can smell the campfire now.
Farmgirls don't have hot flashes ~ They have power surges! |
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Shi-anne
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Cheryl
Ada
OK
USA
596 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:44:54 PM
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Oh yes, thanks for the tip about Burt's Bees Insect stuff!
Farmgirls don't have hot flashes ~ They have power surges! |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 04:57:37 AM
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We love camping, too. I love being in a tent but it seems as you get older it gets too hard to sleep on the ground. Why is that? So, we haven't done much the past few years. Our ideal spots are far from civilization, where you don't see a soul or any evidence of people for days. Next to lakes or creeks are the perfect spots. The sounds of running water, bugling elk, crows, squirrels, coyotes and wolves. It's so restful and yet exhilarating at the same time. It's one of those things that just can't be explained, only experienced.
Hey, Laura, wasn't that the trip that one of your horses took off and you guys had to hike all over the mountains to find it? You should tell the gals that story. I know it wasn't funny at the time, but the way you tell it now, you'll have these gals rolling on the floor.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
548 Posts
Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 05:33:49 AM
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Yep Lisa, that was the time, my hubby's horse got spooked took off for a couple hours in the snow and the hail storm.We lost most of our camping gear all over the mountain side. While the trail washed out from under out feet while we were comeing down a steeeeep mountain. It was greatVery long story but did have a happy begining and a happy end the in between stuff was interesting to say the least. The first three days were great not one person did we see. Memories to last a life time. I would do it all over again.
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
What ever you are, be a good one. (Abe Lincoln) |
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