Posted on 12/24/2011 11:05:59 AM PST by Daffynition
Camping used to mean really roughing it. Sleeping on the cold ground, killing and cooking your dinner, using Mother Nature as a bathroom and forgetting about showers.
But for some, camping has gone glam. These "glampers" or "glamorous campers" are staying in grandiose teepees equipped with Persian rugs and heated bathroom floors.
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Some answers were pretty funny. Involving flame throwers, WP, and other military solutions.
When the time came for my ex to answer, she said: "Call down to room service and demand dry firewood".
And so it goes. ;)
/johnny
Been camping...glamping sounds just wonderful. Does it include sherpas too?
I love going camping. I have an 8 person tent. I’m not one who goes glamping. If I want that, I’d check into a Hilton.
I lived in the great outdoors (in a pasture with 3 bulls) for 4 months (spring to summer) while I built a shack to get me through until I could get the cabin up.
A dog is a great thing to have when bears come sniffing around.
/johnny
When it comes to going primitive, all you really need is a sleeping bag and toilet paper.
And if you have to eliminate one of those, keep the toilet paper.
There. I've said it.
I can deal with field expedients if there.
Have, actually. :)
Just give me a knife, and everything will be fine. A week or two later, I could host a party. 6 weeks later, I could host a heckofaparty complete with cops shutting it down.
/johnny
I still camp with the Scouts once or twice a year, but now, I insist on a cot, air mattress, and a tent tall enough to stand upright in.
/johnny
As do I, but I have my own cot and air mattress and check out a tent that I can stand in from Outdoor Rec on post.
No way in hell do we pay $1135 for that.
I was going to say the exact same thing! Note the firestand in the center, too.
“Does it include sherpas too?”
Ahhh, Sherpas. Here is your tea sir.
Took my wife tent camping only ONCE...it rained and her hair got WET!!! Now, if she goes camping, it’s at a nice motel that has to provide breakfast and cable TV...and the bed and chairs better be comfortable.
/johnny
What the sherpas don't tell you is that the butter in your tea (yes, it's butter) came from yaks.
But they do know how to have a good time, if you accept them for what they are. ;)
/johnny
My idea of camping now is to place a picture of the forest on my bedroom wall those nights I want to “camp out.”
Poor on a bunch of used motor oil.
add a cup of Gas. Stand back and light from afar.(quickly)
Do not do this in a confined area.
“When it comes to going primitive, all you really need is a sleeping bag and toilet paper.
And if you have to eliminate one of those, keep the toilet paper.”
Toilet paper is for city sissies.
Daniel Boone and Kit Carson never brought toilet paper when they went out camping.
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