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Anyone else ready to go camping this spring?
Rack Ops
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I'm just waiting for it to warm up a bit more and for things to dry up after all the rain and snow we got the last few weeks.
Really looking forward to getting out into the woods. Going to try doing everything as lightweight and mobile as possible.
Really looking forward to getting out into the woods. Going to try doing everything as lightweight and mobile as possible.
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Other than that we do not plan many camping trips for it is more of a spur of the moment thing for us. Pack the ATV/SxS and hit the trails for a weekend.
Have a couple of trout fishing trips planed. One will be a four day canoe trip. The other will be three days by horseback.
Other than that we do not plan many camping trips for it is more of a spur of the moment thing for us. Pack the ATV/SxS and hit the trails for a weekend.
Hey Les, have you ever taken the train fishing in Elkins. I heard that they will haul you up a stream and drop you and the caboose off for as long as you want?..?
I spent 20 years in the Army "camping".....any camping I do now involves a 29' camper and all the amenities. [8D]
Enjoyed camping as a boy and as a young man.
Am no longer drawn to sleeping in leaking tent, an air mattress that doesn't hold air, and wading through mud to take a dump behind a tree in the morning.
Brad Steele
Setting up the tent in the dark, either being cold or hot pretty much every time, rain leaking in no matter how much I seal the tent (and it ALWAYS rains, EVERY time), having to use the outhouse in the middle of the night, no showers for days, plus the fun of hauling all the stuff out, packing it, unpacking it, repacking it, putting it away, only to use it again a few weeks later. Yeah...
Not to mention it does no favors on my bad back or bad neck.
I'm looking forward to the skirmishing season. The camping bit, not so much.
We were talking about this a few months ago. Donna and I use to camp all over upstate PA and NJ and Virginia. I told her I wanted to go camping and hiking with our son and his friends for my birthday in September.[^] We going to go tent camping at Ricketts Glen in Pennsylvania and hike the falls. They have over 30 waterfalls to hike and it takes about eight to ten hours to just climb down. We will have a car at the end of the hike to get back up. There are deer and bears that wonder throughout the park, so you have to be prepared and carry when camping there. This place is awesome.They also have lake Rose and Lake Jean to fish and swim in. Been going there since I was a kid.Oakie
Let me know when you do that. I live about 15 miles from lake Jean. I'll bring some steaks and burgers for a cookout.
Too Damn hot now.Nothing worse than trying to sleep in a roasting hot tent.
If theirs no AC I ain't sleeping there..
(Modernized/modified version that includes clothing and some other recent inventions.)
Yes, when we first got a glimpse of blue sky since.......I don't even know when.....I have awakened from my hibernation and am ready to get out in the woods.
I am into semi-primitive camping.
(Modernized/modified version that includes clothing and some other recent inventions.)
That's what I am trying to work my way into. Last year, I started camping again frequently for the first time since I was a kid.
"Camping" ended up becoming loading the Jeep to the gills with a bunch of junk we didn't use and pitching a tent within sight of 50 other people. It did involve drinking beer around a fire....but I can do that at the house.
This year the rule is simple: If I want to take it, I have to carry it. The goal is to be able to stay out for a week with just what I've got in my pack.
Of all the things I've been unable to do recently, I miss camping the most.
Here's some pics to keep us going:
Work camp on my land.
Remote work camp, same place.
On the river, Cherokee, N.C.
Secret camping spot on a remote, deserted island.
Same place, 'nother view.
(l-r)Fugawe, Lil' Bro' and me at secret camp.
Sunrise at camp.
Can't wait to try my pontoon boat in those alpine lakes.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
you said "(l-r)Fugawe, Lil' Bro' and me at secret camp."
I take it your friend was blind-folded for the trip to the secret camp and got a new nickname after asking the same question over and over all the way there!
Not really, me and Fugawe sort of discovered this together, many years ago.
quote:Originally posted by LesWVa
Have a couple of trout fishing trips planed. One will be a four day canoe trip. The other will be three days by horseback.
Other than that we do not plan many camping trips for it is more of a spur of the moment thing for us. Pack the ATV/SxS and hit the trails for a weekend.
Hey Les, have you ever taken the train fishing in Elkins. I heard that they will haul you up a stream and drop you and the caboose off for as long as you want?..?
They have Caboose camping in Durbin at Cass. The Cabooses are already set up along the track and not pulled by the train. I do not see where they are worth the $600 price tag for a three day stay.
quote:Originally posted by Oakie
We were talking about this a few months ago. Donna and I use to camp all over upstate PA and NJ and Virginia. I told her I wanted to go camping and hiking with our son and his friends for my birthday in September.[^] We going to go tent camping at Ricketts Glen in Pennsylvania and hike the falls. They have over 30 waterfalls to hike and it takes about eight to ten hours to just climb down. We will have a car at the end of the hike to get back up. There are deer and bears that wonder throughout the park, so you have to be prepared and carry when camping there. This place is awesome.They also have lake Rose and Lake Jean to fish and swim in. Been going there since I was a kid.Oakie
Let me know when you do that. I live about 15 miles from lake Jean. I'll bring some steaks and burgers for a cookout.
Will do. My cabin is 11 miles from there in Nordmont. I had that place since 1981. Go through central and over the mountain. Turn left and then left again at the old farm house. Turn left again and i am the first cabin on the right. I own that side of the mountain. My front porch faces Cherry grove cemetery if you know where that is. What town are you in, Dushore,Mildred,Lopez????
When you get a chance, PM your number and I will call you when I go up. Chris Streett has a place up there too. We can all meet up and do some shooting on my range. I have a 25,50,75 and 100 yard range with a shooting table and gun rack and target frames all set up. Oakie
After two winters in a 10 man tent in Korea, my wife had to drag me kicking and screaming into tent camping when our screamers were very young. The worst part of that is you have to wait till the tent dries out to pack up and move.
Maine trout, Rock Crab and salmon was great as was lobster.
What's not so great is we discovered Salmon River with its' monster trout and salmon only years after we moved south.
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quote:Originally posted by Oakie
We were talking about this a few months ago. Donna and I use to camp all over upstate PA and NJ and Virginia. I told her I wanted to go camping and hiking with our son and his friends for my birthday in September.[^] We going to go tent camping at Ricketts Glen in Pennsylvania and hike the falls. They have over 30 waterfalls to hike and it takes about eight to ten hours to just climb down. We will have a car at the end of the hike to get back up. There are deer and bears that wonder throughout the park, so you have to be prepared and carry when camping there. This place is awesome.They also have lake Rose and Lake Jean to fish and swim in. Been going there since I was a kid.Oakie
Let me know when you do that. I live about 15 miles from lake Jean. I'll bring some steaks and burgers for a cookout.
Will do. My cabin is 11 miles from there in Nordmont. I had that place since 1981. Go through central and over the mountain. Turn left and then left again at the old farm house. Turn left again and i am the first cabin on the right. I own that side of the mountain. My front porch faces Cherry grove cemetery if you know where that is. What town are you in, Dushore,Mildred,Lopez????
When you get a chance, PM your number and I will call you when I go up. Chris Streett has a place up there too. We can all meet up and do some shooting on my range. I have a 25,50,75 and 100 yard range with a shooting table and gun rack and target frames all set up. Oakie
I live between Benton and shickshinney my father grew up in and around Nordmont and I've been told I'm related in some way to most who are buried in cherry grove. I have an aunt and my fathers mother buried their that I know of. I've probably driven by your camp a dozen times.
Time and money ain't gonna let me go far this year, but a couple of weekend get aways into the woods. Just tent camping with da' wife.
Just simple pleasure of the woods. Little fire and quiet time to just relax.
quote:Originally posted by Oakie
quote:Originally posted by joshmb1982
quote:Originally posted by Oakie
We were talking about this a few months ago. Donna and I use to camp all over upstate PA and NJ and Virginia. I told her I wanted to go camping and hiking with our son and his friends for my birthday in September.[^] We going to go tent camping at Ricketts Glen in Pennsylvania and hike the falls. They have over 30 waterfalls to hike and it takes about eight to ten hours to just climb down. We will have a car at the end of the hike to get back up. There are deer and bears that wonder throughout the park, so you have to be prepared and carry when camping there. This place is awesome.They also have lake Rose and Lake Jean to fish and swim in. Been going there since I was a kid.Oakie
Let me know when you do that. I live about 15 miles from lake Jean. I'll bring some steaks and burgers for a cookout.
Will do. My cabin is 11 miles from there in Nordmont. I had that place since 1981. Go through central and over the mountain. Turn left and then left again at the old farm house. Turn left again and i am the first cabin on the right. I own that side of the mountain. My front porch faces Cherry grove cemetery if you know where that is. What town are you in, Dushore,Mildred,Lopez????
When you get a chance, PM your number and I will call you when I go up. Chris Streett has a place up there too. We can all meet up and do some shooting on my range. I have a 25,50,75 and 100 yard range with a shooting table and gun rack and target frames all set up. Oakie
I live between Benton and shickshinney my father grew up in and around Nordmont and I've been told I'm related in some way to most who are buried in cherry grove. I have an aunt and my fathers mother buried their that I know of. I've probably driven by your camp a dozen times.
I fish behind the sporting goods store in Benton. We once raided the hatcheries. Lol Got just one fish for dinner. I was 19 at the time. I have our grave plots at Cherry grove. Ask your pop if he knows the Vandines. They own like half the town of Nordmont and had the general store for years. One year we went to some bar in Benton and when we got through the door we found out it was a strip club. Crazy. I still hang out at the central but the food got bad. Real bad. Any new good places to eat up there. Oakie
quote:Originally posted by Oakie
quote:Originally posted by joshmb1982
quote:Originally posted by Oakie
We were talking about this a few months ago. Donna and I use to camp all over upstate PA and NJ and Virginia. I told her I wanted to go camping and hiking with our son and his friends for my birthday in September.[^] We going to go tent camping at Ricketts Glen in Pennsylvania and hike the falls. They have over 30 waterfalls to hike and it takes about eight to ten hours to just climb down. We will have a car at the end of the hike to get back up. There are deer and bears that wonder throughout the park, so you have to be prepared and carry when camping there. This place is awesome.They also have lake Rose and Lake Jean to fish and swim in. Been going there since I was a kid.Oakie
Let me know when you do that. I live about 15 miles from lake Jean. I'll bring some steaks and burgers for a cookout.
Will do. My cabin is 11 miles from there in Nordmont. I had that place since 1981. Go through central and over the mountain. Turn left and then left again at the old farm house. Turn left again and i am the first cabin on the right. I own that side of the mountain. My front porch faces Cherry grove cemetery if you know where that is. What town are you in, Dushore,Mildred,Lopez????
When you get a chance, PM your number and I will call you when I go up. Chris Streett has a place up there too. We can all meet up and do some shooting on my range. I have a 25,50,75 and 100 yard range with a shooting table and gun rack and target frames all set up. Oakie
I live between Benton and shickshinney my father grew up in and around Nordmont and I've been told I'm related in some way to most who are buried in cherry grove. I have an aunt and my fathers mother buried their that I know of. I've probably driven by your camp a dozen times.
next time I am up there I want to take you to dinner . My treat. I don't drink but will have a few cokes with ya all. John.
I've gone from camping to roughing it easier by motorhome and by Foretravel to where I have to settle for a cabin somewhere next to a good fishing hole. BTW, does anyone know of such a cabin spot in Washington state where the fishing is outstanding or passable?
my camping bunker
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
[:D]
Not really, me and Fugawe sort of discovered this together, many years ago.
Makes the ride more interesting. For me.
quote:Originally posted by mogley98
my camping bunker
Which reminds me there will be a total eclipse of the Sun on 8/21/17 that will be right in our backyard. I need to start making plans for it......
I spent 20 years in the Army "camping".....any camping I do now involves a 29' camper and all the amenities. [8D]
Yup.My rule is if where Im going is not as comfortable as My own home then Im not going there[:D]