We spent two separate weekends camping at Mt. Rainier this month. Here are the top ten things I noticed while "roughing it".
10. If you're going to buy a pop up "sun" shade for rain protection, splurge and go with the 12 foot (not the 10).
9. There are people who HAVE to listen music in the middle of the National Park and apparently assume that you want to listen to it too. These people are best described as "dipshits".
8. Growing a "camping beard" doesn't make you look outdoor macho-just old and scruffy (see pic above).
7. Coffee takes f o r e v e r to drop in one of those Coleman pots that looks like a home machine and sits on a stove burner. Plus you have to bring a thermos to store it because it doesn't keep it warm. And it takes up a lot a space.
6. Dipshits also think they are being "green" by burning their stinking garbage in the campfire.
5. Those blotches of white mildewy looking things seen on the edge of campsites but nowhere else -- are dried toothpaste spit. Camping tip: good chance those same people committed other bathroom acts in the area that are not so easily recognized.
4. Learn how to camp by watching your dog: Take a nap in the sun. Don't worry about getting dirty.
3. Dipshits may even stand around their campfire passing a bottle of gasoline back and forth and taking turns squirting it in until flames shoot back at them.
2. Consider taking a hard hat when camping in the fall. This is apparently the time when squirrels are collecting nuts by dropping pine cones from high atop a tree over your picnic table.
And the number one thing I noticed while camping:
1. Plain roasted marshmallow vs. a S'more? Plain mallow. Not even close.
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