Name up to four kinds of outdoor camping vacations you've either taken or would like to take.
Mine:
1.Horse trail rides with camping.
2.The birding/camping Mother's Day weekend at Jenny Wiley Park, KY
3.Canoeing/camping down the river.
4.Camel trekking in the Australian Outback
Pic:
1.Me getting a kiss from Sir Wobbles, the biggest camel on the trek.
2.Me on my Walking Horse, Banjo, with Blue Heeler, Naomi, near Soldier, KY
3.Me with the camo outfit I made for myself, and birding camera gear, top of Lockegee Rock, Rowan County, KY.
Camping for me was work when I did archaeological excavations. 6-8 weeks in some remote place living in a tent and bathing in the creeks. No civilization. So camping for vacation wasn’t always my choice. However I did enjoy camping with the dogs in Kananaskis country in the foothills of the Rockies not too far from Banff. We stayed in their teepee tent one time and then after that just stayed in our own tent.
I would love to do horse trail riding with camping. We liked to camp with the dogs so we couldn’t do this before.
Husband borrowed a trailer/tent combination , went to Pa. , it was freezing . Camping with Civil Air Patrol , search and rescue training with a co-ed group of teens . Camping with SCA (Medieval English re-enactment ) group . Spent a weekend on Dad's cruiser (does that count as camping ) ?
Great photos! I posted one the other day from a trip to the Southwest with a group of 20 women I had not previously known. It was a camping, hiking, kayaking trip in search for the feminine in Native American myth and folk lore. The trip ended with a visit to Meinrad Craighead's art studio. It was amazing.
The only other trip like that was not camping but was a 7 day hiking trip through Peru's Incan valley. Best ever. I did it totally by myself.
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I don't mind cooking for myself but I'm done with camping. I used to love it as a kid but I think I am getting to where I just need the creature comforts. I need, in the very least, a cabin, a soft warm bed and hot running water.
I would love a cabin by a lake, I used to enjoy fishing.
I would also like a cabin overlooking the ocean, high enough on a cliff not to be an issue should a storm blow through... I so love watching lightning flashing over the sea.
I think a dude ranch type set up might be fun. I used to love riding but I don't know if I could actually pull it off anymore. My back and hip are off enough to make it too painful to enjoy.
I know it isn't anywhere near camping but I've never been on a cruise and I'd like to just once.
Bush camping.
During a full moon I'd drive a hundred miles or so, down into the great rift valley and the middle of nowhere, usually with a friend, and then turn off the dirt road and pick our way a couple of miles into the semi-arid scrub, find a good spot and pitch camp, arriving about 4pm. We'd scavenge for firewood and also cut some green sticks, then light a fire, make tea, and settle down. Sunset in Kenya is always around 6.45, and we'd enjoy watching the sky change colour and turn black, as the stars came out., and also watch the moon rise. Being on the equator, the entire process only took at most 45 minutes.
We would sit up all night, talking quietly, holding chunks of meat over the fire using the green and therefore reasonably fireproof sticks. For a change we sometime put some green(ish) foliage on the fire and smoked the meat. I have many memories of sitting there, sometimes in silence, sometimes talking quietly, and watching the great herds of zebra and wildebeeste grazing on the plains, often coming quite close as they realised we were not a threat. On one occasion a herd of them stampeded right past us, being chased by a leopard, a fantastic memory which is imprinted in my mind.
We would watch the dawn sky change through all the colours of the rainbow (did you know that for about a dozen seconds it turns apple green?) and eventually see the great red orb of the sun peer above the distant horizon.
At this point, we would retire into the tent and sleep until 11am, then make tea on the fire before putting it out with water and burying the coals, then drive back to Nairobi.
No outdoor camping for me. My idea of roughing it is a hotel with a bad room service menu!
Here in CO (and other states too, I presume) there are places that you can sign up to go hike with llamas. Bonus: the llamas do all the heavy carrying for you!!
Besides that, anything with water, from staying on a houseboat to floating down a river. I've been camping a million+ times, but feel I am severely lacking in the llama and water experiences.
And oh yeah, camping with good beer, I can always do more of that!
Personally I prefer to camp in hotel rooms.
LOL! You can rent cabins at KOA campgrounds, which is what I did while traveling in the winter. But they're not heated!
@birdingnut Oh, gosh then I would only want to go there in summer.
@Jolanta We took our winter sleeping bags, and one day we woke up to find the bed covered in snow! But it was a wonderful trip out to Durango, CO, where my kids were born, and we went skiing at Albuquerque.
Survival trek living off the land in the Lamington Plateau when I was 14,
Numerous kayak camping trips in recent years,
Paddle out to camp on islands in the Whitsundays a number of times
Various wildlife tracking projects,
Sounds heavenly!
@birdingnut pretty much. and lots of great memories.
i'd like to stay at the all rock/slate ranger cabin in mckitrick canyon - it's even got a rock/paver roof.
it'd be cool to stay in a ranger lookout tower too!
jerry's spot 13 - under rock ledge in new braunfels is always fun - when the water is up.
not outside.. but it'd be cool to stay in an underwater hotel.
I’d just like to go camping in general as I’ve never been before.
Many sporting goods stores, such as REI, even universities, will rent camping equipment, or you can buy lightweight camping gear for reasonable prices.
Here's a link to some campgrounds near where you live:
@birdingnut thank you
...and I could name a few more, but you said only four.
Hey, you forgot to mention camp/cruising in a small sailboat!
@birdingnut
Well, yeah, that too, on occasion.
I hike with my pack goats.
I want to kayak camp as soon as I can save enough to buy the right size kayak for me
I would love to go thru hike if I can ever afford it. PCT is my dream.
Looks awesome! I bought a pack llama once.