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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When my buddies and I used to go ‘’camping’’(late-teenage male bonding with booze and uh... other libations) I solved the ‘’wet firewood’’ problem nicely. We were camping out here in the Pine Barrens of southern NJ and it had been raining so what to do? I remember passing a small hardware store(remember those? ). So I said “Wait here a minute guys, I’ll be right back’’. I jumped into my VW bus, went back to this little hardware store, luckily for me ‘cuz the old guy was getting ready to close, bought a small can of paint thinner and presto! No more wet firewood.
These days and at my age my idea of camping is to grow a beard.
/johnny
Yup. Amazingly none of my friends thought of such an idea. But I was raised by a father who used to like to do a lot of painting and what-not in the old Victorian we lived in(the place ALWAYS needed it) and I remembered the stuff. I didn’t use gas because we didn’t have a gas-can and the hardware store was closer.
Pricing begins at $1,135 per night for two adults with three meals a day, and reaches $1,620 per night for two adults in the highest-end tent with three meals a day.
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That’s crazy! I just ‘hotel camped’ at a Hyatt with plenty of fine food and drinks.. Less than $200. I love camping as much as the next guy, but wifey won’t go anymore. Hotel camping is pretty cool, we’ve been doing for several years.
An olde loggers trick is to mix gas with laundry soap. It forms a sort of napalm that keep the flames going longer until the wood starts. They use this outside with large slash piles. (Not for inside application)
As to fancy camping accomodations, cycle Oregon http://www.cycleoregon.com/week-ride/ride-details/campsite-maps/sample/ follows you on your group route with portable showers, a stage with nightly shows, concierge service, beer garden, masseuse service, and gourmet dining. A porter brings your bags to your tent every night.
At high altitudes, that extra fat from the butter gives you added energy. Probably pretty tasty too.
My fondest dream would be to go to Mongolia and hang-out with nomadic Mongolians in yurts, take in a Naadam Festival. That would be heaven.
Let's go slumming, Take me slumming, Let's go slumming on Park Avenue...
Lived in Mongolia for two years, stayed in a yurt (they call it a ger) a few times, but never took in Naadam. Enjoyed all the eats but not the sporting events. That was 92-94. Life in a yurt is a tough life. My buddy even had a ham radio set up in his, complete with a huge 5-element yagi.
Fritos make amazing firestarters. a small pile will even overcome wet firewood.
His good wife? How many wives does crazyhorse have?
Yup.
At least 2. The good wife, and the other one.
May be more. He didn't say anything about the laundry wife.
/johnny
You’re not camping right unless it’s -40 and you’re in a snow cave above the Arctic circle.
They even throw in a few bugs. Glam enough for me. :-)
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