So, Girlio & I went to Harper's Ferry for what was supposed to be a two day, one night thing ( Read more... )

I got back from West Virginia two days ago and I already want to go camping again. I want to roast more weenies over an open fire, cook an ear of corn in the coals, sit outside in beautiful weather with nothing to do buy enjoy it, look at the stars, go for a hike, go for a bike ride. I'm looking at recipes for what to make next time and seeing what ( Read more... )

I'm wearing pants I wore on Friday. They smell of woodsmoke. This pleases me.

So, Friday, stentoriansista and I got in her car and drove out to Harper's Ferry for a weekend of being crunchy hippy granola types. We get to the Harper's Ferry KOA with rising amounts of OMGWTF because of the sheer volume of people and smallness of campgrounds. It's luau weekend. Our ( Read more... )

The aftermath from dying the exercise class from hell yesterday is that everything's sore. The good news is that everything's sore. The bad news is that EVERYTHING IS SORE. One of these days, doing 10 minutes of ab work won't leave my neck hurting. And the weight training stuff he did with my arms left my mid-back really cranky ( Read more... )

I'm going away to Harper's Ferry with the Gal for two nights. We're camping, biking & rafting ( Read more... )

It has occurred to me that the sleeping bag (not mine) that I said I'd bring to the Becoming retreat this weekend is MIA. It also occurs to me that I might want a sleeping bag for future camping endeavors. It also also occurs to me that I just got my catsitting payment. Yes. I may buy a $30 sleeping bag in the near future. I figure I don't need one ( Read more... )

So, I went camping this weekend. I'd been having a sore throat / wonky sinuses since Thursday, but something about three days of campfire have made it awful. I've slept crazy amounts the past two days and I'm still kinda woogly and crappy feeling. But I'm doing some much needed laundry and later I'll make some bread and cook dinner ( Read more... )

You know when you have a problem and you're about to inconvenience someone and ask them to do you a favor and then you figure out a way to do it on your own? I did that this morning. It makes me feel squishy inside. And clever. And proud of myself. Of course, now I get to take a freaking heavy rolly suitcase camping, but it beats carrying a mop ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I got a tent from kmusser. (Well, I was sleeping when it showed up, but it's there! Whee!) Friday, I go camping. Holla ( Read more... )

I think I've caught the camping bug. Let's ignore, for a moment, the fact that I have not been camping since I was about 16, that I don't actually own any camping equipment (not even a sleeping bag) and that I don't actually remember how to cook on a grill. Let's forget that. Let's forget that the bugs will eat me alive, that I don't have any good ( Read more... )