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Glamping: Where Nature Meets Luxury
Fox business via YahooFinance ^ | , Dec 23, 2011 | Kate Rogers

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: camping; glamping
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To: JRandomFreeper

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.


21 posted on 12/24/2011 12:15:59 PM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: DPMD

These days and at my age my idea of camping is to grow a beard.


22 posted on 12/24/2011 12:17:50 PM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: jmacusa
And you get that satisfying "WHOOMP!" to go with the display.

/johnny

23 posted on 12/24/2011 12:18:13 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

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.


24 posted on 12/24/2011 12:22:15 PM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: freespirited

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.


25 posted on 12/24/2011 12:28:49 PM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: right way right

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.


26 posted on 12/24/2011 12:29:28 PM PST by marsh2
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To: crazyhorse691
I've *dreamed* about this...running away from home and becoming a Sister on the Fly. I know I'd love the fly fishing but pulling around a trailer? Dunno.
27 posted on 12/24/2011 12:53:44 PM PST by Daffynition (*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
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To: smokingfrog

28 posted on 12/24/2011 12:55:57 PM PST by Daffynition (*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
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To: JRandomFreeper
What the sherpas don't tell you is that the butter in your tea (yes, it's butter) came from yaks.

At high altitudes, that extra fat from the butter gives you added energy. Probably pretty tasty too.

29 posted on 12/24/2011 12:56:07 PM PST by 6SJ7 (Meh.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

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.


30 posted on 12/24/2011 12:59:19 PM PST by Daffynition (*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
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To: Daffynition
Let's go slumming, Take me slumming, Let's go slumming on Park Avenue...

31 posted on 12/24/2011 1:01:06 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: crazyhorse691
Winter camping the the roughest I've had it. Once stuff gets wet [hair, clothes] it freezes and never seems to thaw. I do not recommend taking your good wife winter-camping. :)


32 posted on 12/24/2011 1:05:33 PM PST by Daffynition (*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
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To: Daffynition

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.


33 posted on 12/24/2011 2:52:45 PM PST by tenger (It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. -Will Rogers)
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To: jmacusa; JRandomFreeper

Fritos make amazing firestarters. a small pile will even overcome wet firewood.


34 posted on 12/24/2011 2:58:14 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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To: Daffynition; crazyhorse691
I do not recommend taking your good wife winter-camping. :)

His good wife? How many wives does crazyhorse have?

35 posted on 12/24/2011 3:01:02 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Yup.


36 posted on 12/24/2011 4:09:08 PM PST by Conservative4Ever (Dear Santa....I can explain.)
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To: Grizzled Bear; crazyhorse691
His good wife? How many wives does crazyhorse have?

At least 2. The good wife, and the other one.

May be more. He didn't say anything about the laundry wife.

/johnny

37 posted on 12/24/2011 4:57:03 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: Daffynition

You’re not camping right unless it’s -40 and you’re in a snow cave above the Arctic circle.


38 posted on 12/24/2011 5:31:43 PM PST by Sarajevo
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To: Daffynition
$39.99 a night. Plus tax.

They even throw in a few bugs. Glam enough for me. :-)


39 posted on 12/24/2011 5:35:39 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: tenger
You lucky duck! I can't imagine how hard their life must be. I'd love to experience their culture and philosophy of life. Were you able to experience any throat singing by the locals?


40 posted on 12/24/2011 6:10:39 PM PST by Daffynition (*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
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