tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post7386728958697187848..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Camping With My SistersJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-68454720752333551612015-07-31T13:13:28.318-04:002015-07-31T13:13:28.318-04:00Pat, I know you have no interest in nature. We all...Pat, I know you have no interest in nature. We all have different likes and dislikes. It makes the world a more interesting place. I didn't know about your Botswana trip.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-73469885093199890722015-07-31T11:52:52.810-04:002015-07-31T11:52:52.810-04:00I've been camping once. Don't like it. Not...I've been camping once. Don't like it. Not a nature person, the woods should be human free. <br />I'm a tourist and cruiser. Love going, best trip actually involved tents in Botswana, but it was pure luxury with toilets and sinks in the tent, and the guides filling the water tubs outside.<br />Patghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01046665022709722606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-86197119854273245152015-07-30T13:24:30.676-04:002015-07-30T13:24:30.676-04:00Warren, I totally agree with you. I wish I lived c...Warren, I totally agree with you. I wish I lived closer so I could visit it more often.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-50099245232682645682015-07-30T12:14:38.857-04:002015-07-30T12:14:38.857-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-52925186332774379932015-07-30T12:14:38.493-04:002015-07-30T12:14:38.493-04:00The museum and other sites around Springfield have...The museum and other sites around Springfield have down a wonderful job representing Abraham Lincoln. I recommend a visit.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-31757755326246438592015-07-30T11:05:10.286-04:002015-07-30T11:05:10.286-04:00Jim, a half hour after I posted a response to your...Jim, a half hour after I posted a response to your comment, I remembered the camp was Philmont.<br /><br />Margaret, you won't be sorry you did. I hope you'll get there some day.<br /><br />Thank you, Judy.<br /><br />KM, most of my childhood was playing outside in the fields and woods of my grandparents farm which was next to where our house was so I'm quite comfortable with primitive, but maybe not as much so now that I'm older. Still, I have no intention of giving it up. However, the trips you take with your daughter sound like fun, too. <br /><br />Kait once we got to Indiana, the rest of the trip was on country roads which I love much more than super highways. I love traveling through the countryside even when it's miles and miles of corn fields. I love the small towns, too. Of course, the last day we had a lot of miles to travel to get home so it was almost all super highways.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-36532621695574742722015-07-30T10:29:15.660-04:002015-07-30T10:29:15.660-04:00What a delightful trip. My all time favorite vaca...What a delightful trip. My all time favorite vacation happened when I was five years old. We drove from New Jersey to Miami, Florida. In those days it was all US 1 - no 95 built yet. So we wound through small towns along the way and it took days. When we got to Miami (pronounced Miamah at that time) we met up with cousins who lived in the area year round. It was a delightful, small, mostly rural, southern area. I decided then I was going to the University of Miami (I did) and between 4 and 18 when I came down for school, I probably spent half my off school time in the tropics. The vacation that turned into a lifestyle!Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-33858979461339892222015-07-30T09:19:52.521-04:002015-07-30T09:19:52.521-04:00Sounds like you had a great time, storms and defec...Sounds like you had a great time, storms and defective air pumps and all!<br /><br />As a child, I went camping with the Scouts, but I never really enjoyed the primitive lifestyle. On a few road trips, I've ended up camping (because those were the available accommodations) but I wouldn't choose it.<br /><br />My favorite vacations are the ones that are "adventures" in far-flung places, which my daughter & I have done every few years. The closest we've come to camping, though, were staying in stone "bandas" in Tanzania. They explained to us that the elephants roamed the camp at night (they did! so did leopards!) and tens would not be safe.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-39350503406357357132015-07-30T08:36:55.252-04:002015-07-30T08:36:55.252-04:00I've been camping several times but never duri...I've been camping several times but never during a deluge like the one you experienced. One time in Arizona I went rafting and hiking during baby rattlesnake season. The constant noise of their rattlers was a little unnerving. What I enjoy most about camping is being away from the city lights and seeing the beautiful stars at night. Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-59079140916219249712015-07-30T08:28:09.386-04:002015-07-30T08:28:09.386-04:00Nice description of a vacation you were determined...Nice description of a vacation you were determined to have despite obstacles! Judy HoganJudy Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555366164892868898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-21654046656964233172015-07-30T07:48:21.539-04:002015-07-30T07:48:21.539-04:00Gloria, I'm glad you had a good trip with your...Gloria, I'm glad you had a good trip with your sisters. I'll put the Lincoln sites on my "must visit" list.Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-48482787881331650992015-07-30T07:42:24.640-04:002015-07-30T07:42:24.640-04:00Gloria -- the scout camp you are thinking of is Ph...Gloria -- the scout camp you are thinking of is Philmont. That's where we were headed, but this occurred before we arrived there.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-61787618085226484552015-07-30T06:50:01.434-04:002015-07-30T06:50:01.434-04:00Wow! That had to be scary, Jim. I'm wondering ...Wow! That had to be scary, Jim. I'm wondering if it was New Mexico where many Boy Scouts go to camp. Can't think of it right now, but my younger brother, who was not a leader, but worked closely with his sons' Scout troop went several years with the troop. They were a very active Scout troop. I read recently it had a flash flood which was quite scary, but I don't think anyone was injured or drowned.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-16053924723907818092015-07-30T06:06:20.799-04:002015-07-30T06:06:20.799-04:00I remember tent camping in the Boy Scouts in Color...I remember tent camping in the Boy Scouts in Colorado or New Mexico. It was a beautiful starlit night and I fell asleep easily. Around two in the morning I awoke to a loud noise I couldn’t place: a flash flood had changed the nice little nearby stream into a raging torrent. We managed to move the endangered tents without loss of provisions or human damage – but it was a lesson well-learned about the power of flash floods and that the local weather was not the only concern, what also counted was what had happened in the mountains.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-42115771120978220422015-07-30T06:01:27.424-04:002015-07-30T06:01:27.424-04:00Laura, I can't believe it rained the whole cam...Laura, I can't believe it rained the whole camping trip. I think you're remembering only the rainy days and not the other days when you had fun. It's not unusual to have a rainy day sometimes, but a whole week or trip? I remember one vacation where it rained one day and my dad and uncle cooked our supper over a campfire with one holding an umbrella over the other one's head. That's before we had a camp stove. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-90655810435013420642015-07-30T01:14:02.383-04:002015-07-30T01:14:02.383-04:00It's 1:00 a.m. and I get to be the first comme...It's 1:00 a.m. and I get to be the first commenter. It was wonderful to hear the details of your trip with your sisters. When you arrived home I knew you wanted the peace and quiet of time alone with your beloved animals. I'm glad you enjoyed the chicken! Camping vacations... over the years I learned sadly that my father has a curse. EVERY summer, we travelled, we camped, and it rained. My sister and I played Frisbee in the rain. We hiked in the rain. We fished in the rain. We even played chess in the rain. Had enough. Day trips in good weather, that's how I broke the family curse. Laura ByrnesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com