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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Yeah, it doesn’t always have to be “roughing it.” Most important to be out in nature.
novaguy2u · 70-79, M
@cherokeepatti Roughing it is when you run out of toilet paper and have to use leaves.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@novaguy2u or laying on the cold ground wondering what is going to crawl under the tent
novaguy2u · 70-79, M
@cherokeepatti Fortunately my tent has a sewn-in floor.
@cherokeepatti That's why You have insulated mats and arctic rated sleeping bags.
Adrift · 61-69, F
@NativePortlander1970 Or having it rain the whole time and discovering the tent you just bought leaks.
Yellowstone, last tent camping trip I ever did.
Yellowstone, last tent camping trip I ever did.
@Adrift I always had an extra large tarp put over my tent to prevent leaks, even though before every camping trip I always put anti leak stuff on my seams.
Adrift · 61-69, F
@cherokeepatti Or to wake up at the crack of dawn and finding all the prints of the critters that came to investigate you on your sleeping bag while you were sleeping.
Last time sleeping under the stars without a tent.
Last time sleeping under the stars without a tent.
Adrift · 61-69, F
@NativePortlander1970 It gushed so hard that trip that we had a huge bubble in the roof and I was dumb enough to reach up and push on it and say, hey look at this.