Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for May 06, 2021

Did you pack the microwave?

She’s in for a sad surprise!

Her idea of roughing it is when the light bulb burns out at Motel 6.

Shades of Mister Boffo: “Unclear on the Concept”.

They need to be prepared for the pillow fight.

I went to the wilderness to live simply. No Thoreau pillows.

Portapotti or nearest tree?

He’s enthusiastic. She isn’t. Not a good mix for tent camping.

In 1965, my best girl and I camped across eastern Canada in a European model tent, just large enough for our feet and head to hit the end walls. We had minimal equipment, gas stove, cooler, eating utensils, and sleeping bags. We camped at Mom-and-Pop campgrounds, bought food from local stores, cooked on the stove or over a fire, visited interesting but not famous places, talked with locals and other campers, and enjoyed a sort of open community gathering around a central fire pit. We still consider it our best ever trip.

Later, after the children came, we were lucky to find a Nimrod pop-up tent trailer and put a lot of really fun miles on it. Used the same minimal equipment but with more room for family.

During that period, camping evolved from canvas or nylon, ropes, stakes, and poles, and gas lanterns to aluminum or fiberglass condos on wheels, with everything including a/c and tv, all kept up by noisy generators that ran 24/7. Became too hard to find campgrounds that had separate tent areas, including the national parks. Regretfully, we just put that behind us but the memories are still good as are the photos in the albums.

As I said, you gotta have the right mix to get along in a tent camping trip. She and I are still the right mix after 59 years and I bet, if we could stand the physical side of it, we would still tent camp and enjoy every minute of it.

And the pine scented hand sanitizer.

Food. Bring food. Kind of important.

All of them. We can leave them there

Depends on how level the ground is under the tent.. heck some instances might need 4~5 to fill the holes. Bring different sizes

Just use a log.

More than you can shake a stick at.