jep
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The camping item
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May 22 00:10 UTC 2002 |
This item is to discuss camping.
Where do you camp? How often? Are you going camping soon?
What kind of camper are you -- big fancy camper-bus, trailer camper,
tent camper, sheet of plastic and build your own?
Do you have any camping stories? Either good ones or bad ones.
What gear do you consider essential for the ultimate camping experience?
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jep
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response 1 of 58:
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May 22 00:19 UTC 2002 |
My son and I are going camping next month. We're going to the UP of
Michigan, staying for a couple of nights near Mackinaw City so we can
go see Mackinac Island, then we're going up to Hancock and visiting the
waterfalls in the Copper Country and west of the Porcupine Mountains.
We're going to camp in a tent. We'll have a propane Coleman stove and
lantern, and other stuff like that, but nothing really fancy. It'll be
our first time on vacation in a tent, but I grew up vacationing that
way. John's mother grew up camping in a pop-up camper, and so has John
so far.
In addition to the waterfalls, we'll do some fishing, and maybe even
try a little swimming in Lake Superior. (I will; I'll bet John won't,
he being sensible. Lake Superior is *cold* in early June.) Also, I'll
show John around Michigan Tech and some of the places I remember from
when I lived up there.
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michaela
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response 3 of 58:
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May 22 00:58 UTC 2002 |
I've camped on the Pictured Rocks lakeshore a couple times. I used a standard
tent and backpack (and froze at night until I discovered down).
I do medieval camping (pavilion instead of tent) several times per year at
SCA events. It's lots of fun. Pennsic is coming up. That event gets around
13,000 people, and it's all medieval period camping. No electricity,
plumbing, etc. We're insane, but it's fun.
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