“An adventure is someone you don’t know having a miserable time a long way away.”
You know, I hated camping the few times I was forced into it in my earlier life. I always said why should I go out in the woods and be hot and miserable and mosquito bait (they love me), when I have a perfectly comfortable house? I quit being forced into it - I wouldn’t go.
I know some of you love doing that, but count me out. In my preps I made sure I had battery fans and other preps so I could be as comfortable as possible - in my house.
Go ahead and hit on me for not loving the great (miserable) outdoors - I don’t care.
At a party, when folks were snacking and drinking, we played a question game.
One question was 'How do you start a fire in a pouring rain'?
I gave my standard answer. Ex... #3, I think, said that a) she would call for room service for dry wood or b) use 5 gallons of gas and a road flare. Either way. She was going to be warm and have some fire. She didn't care. Very direct kind of person.
There is much wisdom in that choice, I think.
/johnny
We used to do the family campouts when my now 21 year old grandson was in Cub Scouts. Used to laugh at the city people who arrived in a motor home equipped with a microwave, dish TV and air conditioning. Why bother. Might as well stay at home. People who don’t enjoy the camping experience should stay at home.
OTOH, my youngest grandson went camping with his folks in Colorado earlier this year. Horrendous late snowstorm and then torrential rain. They went to the YMCA because everything was soaked and caked with mud. Grandson asked if I could come along the next time so they could stay in a hotel. What a difference 10 years makes.
My son’s troop leader asked when they were going to get me on a camping trip. I said “when it says Holiday Inn”.
Another time they asked us what role we would like to have in the camping portion of the scouts....
“Waving goodbye”