You SUCK at camping!!!!

[Wheres the beef?]

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[shoegazer76]

Man bro what a weekend. Throw in some hallucinogenics & it sounds like a bunch of fun.

[algunz]

I feel your pain. Had many a similar nightmare - but all in one weekend? Wow, that's just dumb luck.

[PineapplePete]

obnoxious persian techno

now you know how i feel when i'm forced to go to stupid gatherings with my family. all night...old farts just doing this stupid dance to this insipid, pointless techno. i cringe every time i hear it

[PineapplePete]

p.s. im iranian

[PotVsKtl]

RV park.

A bunch of shit you should have expected.

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[tessalasset]

Hott I'm going camping on Friday. At the Sequoia National Park. At Lodgepole. Tucked far away in camp site like...126 or something. Right by the river, on the outer edge of the whole campground. I can't wait.

[hitthenorth]

That all sounds like a total stress out. I try to get as far away from people as I can when I'm after a bit of camping peace and quiet. Camp sites with easy access tend to scare me a bit unless it's for partying and pissing people off festival style.
And another thing. This year was the first time I've ever been to America and I didn't see quite as many morbidly obese people as I'd hoped for. Mind you, the ones I did see made my eyes water a little.

[hitthenorth]

p.s. im iranian

I know an Iranian called Allie. What a lovely bloke. Lives with his Polish wife and two kids in Germany. They communicate in German don't you know, but I doubt if they're into techno.

[HAIRYGOOMBA]

I hate car camping. Got into backpacking late in life, but now it's one of my favorite things ever. We do a big Yosemite loop every summer, and
Tessa, in Sequoia, there's a place called Bearpaw I went with my girlfriends for a few days. It was one of the most beautiful places on Earth!!!
Try to just hike along the trail that goes there for a ways. I think it's the Pacific Crest Trail, goes all the way to Whitney. I love Sequoia
because it's much like Yosemite, but not as crowded.
Be prepared for mosquitoes this time of year in the Sierras.
We aren't going anywhere this summer, but in the Fall, we have some trips planned.

[garrett222]

I went camping this weekend at lake kaweah west of visalia. Kicked ass. Was on a lake, very private and except for some dude beating the hell out of his dog for running away too much it was all good. Was going to hike, but we saw a two foot long snake hanging around, so we decided against it.

[tessalasset]

Yeah this is gonna be my... probably my 13th time going up there. We used to go up there every summer for a family vacation. Actually probably more than that. Probably around 15 times. I'll def research bearpaw before I leave. That sounds awesome. And I'm bringing my friend this time and he'll probably want to get out and do more. We go through Crescent Meadow every year, too, which is one of my favorite places in the world. I can't wait to go back there.

[joppy-slow]

So me and the lady went to Big Sur to camp for the weekend. And while we couldn't stay at one of the many state parks (as I prefer) she found us a place that was a private campground/cabin/RV park. Let me first just say the camp ground was OK. Our spot was small and crammed in among many spots. The facilities were very good. I took a huge beer shit in the toilet each morning right after they had been cleaned. And we had a nice spot next to a creek. The main drawback was the fucking PEOPLE! Jesus christ!

- To the obese people with the giant trailer and a ramp coming out the door because you are so obese you cant go down the stairs. And one of you, I dont know how you got in the trailer but it was obvious you wouldn't be coming out for anything. You all sat there with your DirecTV all weekend. Why are you even here?

- To our neighbors with the screaming babies to all hours of the night. Don't take your fucking kids camping if they can't hang. Maybe they wouldn't be up all night crying if you would put them to bed at a decent hour. Babies crying the first night and loud music all day and night the next. All I wanted to do was sit by the creek with my beer and read my new book but you guys had to fucking blow it. Then while we are trying to have a nice dinner what do you do? You fucking play all the worst songs from Metallica's Black album then turn it off. WTF?! Goddam I was happy to get the fuck away from you.

- To the 100 million persians that swarmed the campground on the second night let me give you some camping etiquette. Dont fucking run through people's campsite. It is akin to ramming into my shopping cart while I am at the supermarket or excessively bumping into me while in line at the bank because you have no concept of personal space. Oh, and playing obnoxious persian techno at a campsite is very faux pas. I seriously wanted to get in your face and yell, "THIS IS SPARTA!"

- To all the RV's, giant trailers, dirt bikes and the lot. You can all dies. Why the fuck are you camping? Can you not go without your TV, music, fancy bed, air conditioning for a few days? Your style of "camping" should be outlawed. You can do that shit in your driveway/backyard.

But we did explore some cool places and see some great things and take some awesome pictures which was fun. I think the big thing we took away from the weekend is that we are definitely getting into backpacking.

this is why i go backpacking. if you go car camping you have to find some logging road and just four wheel in. . i also wonder why the fuck people go camping and then sit in their RV's all day long with AC, Satellite TV, cooking on a stove, taking a shit in their own private bathroom and the worst is when they run their fucking generator all fucking day...shut the fuck uppppppppppppppppppp!!!

[HAIRYGOOMBA]

That's right...the trail to Bearpaw goes through Crescent Meadow...!
Lucky you, Tessa. so happy you get to go.

[mountmccabe]

Those are some awesome pics.

[mountmccabe]

It doesn't make any sense to go camping in an RV if you're just going to sit in the thing all weekend. We, however, have gone camping in an RV many times and it's great. I mean I normally am in a tent or something but the RV is there for running water and easier cooking and various other half-amenities. It's good for family camping when there are small children (like my niece) and/or people who're getting older and don't do so well with the sleeping on the ground.

Also we still cook around the fire too (if we can have one) and go for hikes and and whatnot.

We haven't camped at a campground in years though. Arizona has lots of state land and such. Lots of old hardly used roads and whatnot.


I was supposed to go camping (four wheel drives and a tent style) this weekend but it didn't happen.

[Good Days Last]

I should be camping on the beach this summer somewhere down by San Diego.

Anyone been there done that?

I could use any help.

[tessalasset]

kingsblend those pictures are gorgeous. wow.

who're

is that even a word?

[J~$$$]

It is a fantastic year for camping so far. At night not too cold and during the day its running about 75-80. Awesome time for rafting the rivers are flowing and you have some excellent rapids on both the Arkansas and the Colorado rivers. As far as fishing goes, its amazing. The amount of trout that are biting on any BS you throw out there throughout most of the day is pretty phenomenal.

This has been your Colorado camping update.

I use the word "Who're" often in this context.......Your mother is a "who're".

[mountmccabe]

is that even a word?

I reserve the right to use contractions in all possible situations. Especially - but not limited to - situations where that's actually how the words'll get pronounced.

Though I must admit I didn't even ponder a possible alternate interpretation for that particular collection of letters.

[algunz]

I should be camping on the beach this summer somewhere down by San Diego.

Anyone been there done that?

I could use any help.

There's lots of camping along the beach down in that area, but most of them will be bombarded with RV's and much of the crowd referenced in the start of this thread.

If you want to learn how to surf, San Onofre is a great spot for camping and beginning surfers- although make sure you have water shoes. It's REALLY rocky. That's a bit north of San Diego.

You might want to consider going into Mexico if you've got the time and ability to drive. There's some great places down in Baja not that far south.