Let's go camping & campfire conversations (57)
DonDon67Columbus, Georgia USA19 Threads 2 Polls 692 Postsit is a tradition here in my family,the hikes,swimming,rafting,and smores.and a good old fashion scary story of the kids.
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petalbabe: I could do with a campfire and a good chat right now, Dru..
You and me both, Petal. 
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morgan5: Just ain't gonna happen, unless theres somwhere to plug in my hairdryer
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I can highly recommend camping out on your own for 2 or 3 days by yourself and not seeing anyone. Solitude and the feeling of being alive in the world is an amazing experience. To be in nature and to feel and see its awesome beauty is undescribable. Your senses come alive like you have never felt them before. The one thing that comes to my mind when I do this, is the love that I have for my family and my true friends and for my own life.
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Tommyutah: I can highly recommend camping out on your own for 2 or 3 days by yourself and not seeing anyone. Solitude and the feeling of being alive in the world is an amazing experience. To be in nature and to feel and see its awesome beauty is undescribable. Your senses come alive like you have never felt them before. The one thing that comes to my mind when I do this, is the love that I have for my family and my true friends and for my own life.
I went three weeks without seeing another soul in the Colorado backcountry when I 19. 3 days only scratches the surface...
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The Henry Mountain are the most remote part of the lower 48. I was definately young and aimless to put myself out there like that.
It is though an experience that I will never forget!!
It is though an experience that I will never forget!!
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When the Native Americans go on the hill during Sundance for their vision quest they are there several days and nights. No food, no water, suck on stones, and no tent. They become one with the elements and their time is spent praying to the Creator and waiting for their Vision Quest to appear. A very rewarding and humbling experience to be involved in.
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Solitude
I have walked all day in pelting rain and built a fire from wet rocks, to huddle next to and nurse.
and I have been alone for what seemed forever in a small apartment within the castleated press of the city.
Those who know it have a reverance for solitude.
It is almost allways described as cleansing.
Thomas Wolfe wrote:
"Naked and alone we came into exile..."
I always remember that in the outlands...
I have walked all day in pelting rain and built a fire from wet rocks, to huddle next to and nurse.
and I have been alone for what seemed forever in a small apartment within the castleated press of the city.
Those who know it have a reverance for solitude.
It is almost allways described as cleansing.
Thomas Wolfe wrote:
"Naked and alone we came into exile..."
I always remember that in the outlands...
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gooddogman: Tonight while sitting by the camp fire with my dog. I got to thinking about the campfires of my past. The fire felt warm against my legs as some dark clouds came over head, I am inside the house now because it is raining. That reminded me of the time we got hit in bad storm in Colorado, while tenting on the praire. I got up the next moring the tent blown most of the way down. I crawled out and there were about 30 buffalo grazing about 50ft frome the tent... It is that time of year, anyone like to camp out? Bring a Tent....and a sleeping bad...
I miss my days of camping in the North West. Idaho and Washington and Oregon.. Good memories...fishing, hiking, waterfalls...and just being in nature! Nothing like sitting by a camp fire in an evenings end. The stars, oh my the stars...are so awesome!!! And waking up...cooking breakfast...smelling the bacon and coffee... in the mountain air, hearing the river run.....oh.....yes.....I would love to do it again....
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i cant go camping i destroyed the tent with the whipper snipper, it made short work of once beautiful tent..
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maybesoon: i cant go camping i destroyed the tent with the whipper snipper, it made short work of once beautiful tent..
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starshinebright: So sorry!
yeah green fingers pete here, i should have my gardening show on TV, ill make a packet...$$$$$
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maybesoon: yeah green fingers pete here, i should have my gardening show on TV, ill make a packet...$$$$$
Good to see you maybesoon, Awww none of us are perfect.
Just like me. I love flowers but except for the very popular ones I sure can't tell you what they are. 
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sassy49senior: Good to see you maybesoon, Awww none of us are perfect. Just like me. I love flowers but except for the very popular ones I sure can't tell you what they are.
ah sassy. yeah went walkabouts again... must be the time of the year... back again... as long as they are not poppies sassy,we dont want you sniffing anything...
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maybesoon: ah sassy. yeah went walkabouts again... must be the time of the year... back again... as long as they are not poppies sassy,we dont want you sniffing anything...
That is so cool that you would mention walkabouts. I actually watched crocodile dundee late last night. Forgot how funny it was. I will be sure to stay away from the poppies
But I will try to remain high on life. 
I do think going on a walkabout with you in Australia would be an unforgettable experience. Take care and watch out for those crocs ------ This thread is Archived ------
sassy49senior: That is so cool that you would mention walkabouts. I actually watched crocodile dundee late last night. Forgot how funny it was. I will be sure to stay away from the poppies But I will try to remain high on life. I do think going on a walkabout with you in Australia would be an unforgettable experience. Take care and watch out for those crocs
you would get into too much trouble with me..
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camping out, is just that..."camping out"...it's not "living with nature" or "being one with nature"...none of that...it can't be done in most places...wherever there is beauty, there is a crowd of people to screw it up...and loads of rules and regulations to go with it...not very long ago, in the texas hill country {the pride and joy of texas}, a person could hike all day long and not see another person...you could look on a hilltop and swear you could see quana parker and his warriors sitting on their ponys, watching you pass...all of it has changed...it's so crowded, even the comanchees ghosts have left...the only places left are the remote places, so remote there is'nt any electric lines or roads yet...the key word being yet...i want to go and find it and see it before it's gone and forgotten...just as the buffulo is forgotten...the buffulo is a shell of what he once was...he is a true symbol of freedom...once a free ranging animal...a migratory animal, just as the wilderbeasts of africa...if the governments attempt at genocide had'nt wiped out the buffulo {and almost did}, fences would have killed him...as my grand-father used to tell my brother and i, "you were born too late, it's all gone"...but, there are little spots here and there that are still remote but, not unspoiled {which is a sad thing}...for me, i wont give up on trying to find it and, to see it...and feel it...before it IS all gone...
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